Debian Testing

[CP]

I am trying to install this, and have downloaded all the files, root.bin, rescue.bin, drivers.tgz etc, but am unable to find the base packages tarball file. Does it exist or do I need to install via PPP?
I mean Woody, if the Debian Testing didnt give it away.

[ 09 November 2001: Message edited by: CP ]

[CP]

Do none of you really know. I really want to do this tonight.

[z0mbix]

Have you tried debianhelp (http://www.debianhelp.org/) and debianplanet (http://www.debianplanet.org/)?

[CP]

I had tried debianplanet and am just trying the other. Thanks.

[CP]

No help at either of them. And it seems they don't exist. That is a pain. I have to the upgrading the old way.

[Kerey]

I think the best way is to install potato and then install woody on top of that with apt-get.

[Strike]

(from an IRC chat log with the #debian bot, apt)

<Strike> potato->woody
<apt> from memory, potato->woody is edit /etc/apt/sources.list, change all mentions of "potato" or "stable" (except security.debian.org) to "woody". Then "apt-get update", "apt-get install apt-utils debconf" and "apt-get dist-upgrade", et voila! Also ask me about "woody install warnings"
<Strike> woody install warnings
<apt> i guess woody install warnings is ask me about "install xf4" if your startx is missing, or ask about "libdb3 problem" if you're getting libdb.so.3 errors, or try "apt-get install perl perl-5.6-base libperl5.6 debconf apt-utils" for miscellaneous perl issues
<Strike> libdb3 problem
<apt> libdb3 problem is probably get http://www.grulic.org.ar/~mdione/libdb3.tar.gz, unpack it, cp the lib to /lib, rerun ldconfig, or you can try installing libdb3 with dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb3*.deb (it may help to upgrade libdb2 in this manner as well)
<Strike> install xf4
<apt> i guess install xf4 is apt-get install x-window-system-core (plus whatever window manager you like, etc.), or ask me about "configure xf4"

[Toi Mak]

I've always downloaded base2_2.tgz in additon to the files you mentioned. It is required to do a floppy/ftp install.

From the README.txt (ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.26-2001-06-14/README.txt):


base2_2.tgz The Debian base system in a compressed tar archive, used for the
network, NFS, mounted file system, and CD-ROM installation
methods. This contains a complete minimalist Debian GNU/Linux
installation, as well as everything required to begin installing
everything else you want.