Re: Re: Updating to BDI 4.50 with Synaptic
Hello Paul: You said in your response to my question, * 3) You burnt the CD as one large file rather than as an ISO. Quite a *common *error if you used a Windows box. * It turns out that in fact that's exactly what I did. I copied the data to the CD as one large file. I wasn't aware that an ISO file is the equivalent of a zip file under Windows! Thanks for setting me straight with that. I managed to recopy the CD and I was successful with the 4.50 upgrade. I experimented with trying to get Synaptic to update my BDI installation over the internet rather than burning a CD but wasn't successful in doing so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't be able to take that approach in the future? Thanks for the help, Craig
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 02:07, Craigg Gadd wrote:
Hello Paul:
You said in your response to my question,
* 3) You burnt the CD as one large file rather than as an ISO. Quite a *common *error if you used a Windows box. *
It turns out that in fact that's exactly what I did. I copied the data to the CD as one large file. I wasn't aware that an ISO file is the equivalent of a zip file under Windows! Thanks for setting me straight with that.
No, its not like a zip file. An .iso file is the exact image of the disks data, literally from Logical Sector Number 0 to the end of the disk. All file system structure is just more data in such a file.
I managed to recopy the CD and I was successful with the 4.50 upgrade.
Good.
I experimented with trying to get Synaptic to update my BDI installation over the internet rather than burning a CD but wasn't successful in doing so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't be able to take that approach in the future?
That is Paul Corner's question to answer I believe.
Thanks for the help,
Craig
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The newest install and disk I have is 4.30 (yes I have been away for a while) Can I upgrade from there to 4.50 off the CD? Or would a freash install make more sense? Is upgrading from 4.30 via apt-get to 4.50 doable? pratical? I am on dialup so getting the cd is a problem. Mark On 8/16/06, Craigg Gadd <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Paul:
You said in your response to my question,
* 3) You burnt the CD as one large file rather than as an ISO. Quite a *common *error if you used a Windows box. *
It turns out that in fact that's exactly what I did. I copied the data to the CD as one large file. I wasn't aware that an ISO file is the equivalent of a zip file under Windows! Thanks for setting me straight with that.
I managed to recopy the CD and I was successful with the 4.50 upgrade.
I experimented with trying to get Synaptic to update my BDI installation over the internet rather than burning a CD but wasn't successful in doing so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't be able to take that approach in the future?
Thanks for the help,
Craig
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Hi Mark On Wednesday 16 August 2006 18:31, Mark Everett wrote:
The newest install and disk I have is 4.30 (yes I have been away for a while) Can I upgrade from there to 4.50 off the CD?
Yes. You can upgrade from 4.30 to a later version either from a CD or over the internet.
Or would a freash install make more sense? Is upgrading from 4.30 via apt-get to 4.50 doable?
I would recommend a staged upgrade rather than doing it all in one go. This should avoid any nasty little suprises - The first package to upgrade would be grub (make sure to run grub-install afterwards).. Before upgrading the kernel kernel, confirm that /dev/hda2 is mounted as / - The command `mount` should report back with "/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw)" If it says anything else (which it probably will do if you manually partitioned the disk during installation), you MUST check /boot/grub/menu.lst - There is a line that reads: # kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro splash=silent vga=788 Edit that one line with what ever mount reported root as and you will be able to reboot without problem after upgrading the kernel. If menu.lst and mount disagree and you upgrade the kernel, grub will barf on the next reboot.
pratical? I am on dialup so getting the cd is a problem.
Certainly is doable - I regularly update my main box over the internet without trouble (or rather, from a mirror maintained behind a firewall). Regards, Paul.
Hi Craig On Wednesday 16 August 2006 07:07, Craigg Gadd wrote:
I experimented with trying to get Synaptic to update my BDI installation over the internet rather than burning a CD but wasn't successful in doing so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't be able to take that approach in the future?
As long as the computer has a working connection to the internet, synaptic should work like a charm. If it doesn't, it will spit out some error messages which will help in diagnosing the problem. Often, it is a typo in the /etc/apt/sources.list throwing a spanner in the works.. If you do have problems, feel free to ask - Please include some of the error messages and attach the sources.list. Regards, Paul.
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