Re: [LUNI] Debian unstable install

From: Hal Wigoda (hwigoda@Mcs.Net)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2001 - 17:12:45 CST

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    > Martin Maney wrote:
    >
    > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:27:23PM -0600, Stephen Boulet wrote:
    > > > How do you tell the installer to install from the unstable branch using the debian 2.2
    > > > cd's? I've never actually completed a debian installation before... :(
    > > >
    > > > Or would it be a better to do a stable install and then apt-get to unstable? I'm asking
    > >
    > > I think that, yes, it would be a good plan to get a working install before
    > > heading off into the rough. :-) Then it's a pretty trivial edit of
    > > /etc/apt/sources and apt-get update/upgrade you go.
    > >
    > > If you're feeling very brave you could look for the latest revision of the
    > > bootdisks, but those are usually a mess at this point in a version's
    > > development. The potato-to-unstable approach sounds much more plausible to
    > > me, it really does.
    > >
    > > Luck!
    >
    > Thanks. Although I have to install using "beta" bootdisks if I want to mount my root
    > partition (reiserfs).
    >
    > I will be using the bootdisks found at <http://chao.ucsd.edu/debian/boot-floppies/>, for
    > those interested.
    >
    > -- Stephen
    >
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