how to upgrade my DSL

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: how to upgrade my DSL
started by: DEGGIAL-X

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Posted by DEGGIAL-X on Mar. 26 2004,03:32

hi

i have dsl 0.6.1 installed on my HD , but i want to DSL 0.6.2 version...

how to upgrade o update my DSL version... ?

it works with "apt-get dist-upgrade" ??

thank...

i dont want to burn other CD with DSL 0.6.2 ...
please help me!

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Posted by Rapidweather on Mar. 26 2004,04:33

I have another way to install DSL on the hard drive here:
< http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/general_howto >
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Once you get that done, then upgrading is easy, just replace the /knoppix
folder with the new one. Using a backup.tar.gz (tarball) is explained there,
and the one made for 0.6.1 will work with 0.6.2.
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I tend to run DSL off the cd now, since I have several versions of it, beginning
with 0.5.3.1, which I like, because it had wvdial and could run Opera 6.12.
I have the tarballs for the various versions in different hard drive partitions.
Right now, I am using a dsl remaster, called Luit Linux, and have my tarball for
it in /dev/hdb1. I can reboot into DSL 0.6.2, and restore that from the tarball
located at /dev/hdb2. One nice thing about DSL 0.6.2 is the ability to take the
restoration command at the boot prompt:
knoppix restore=/dev/hdb2   Then, choose xserver/mouse/screen size, etc.
That's it, and when Damn Small Linux comes up, my own desktop is there,
with my menu, and wallpaper. No other remaster or older DSL makes it that
easy.
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I know there is a script for installing DSL to a hard drive partition, but
I have not do it yet. Went through that when I downloaded a custom
Slackware 8, bit by bit, and got it all working the hard way. Not really wanting
to do that again with Damn Small, I like working with the tarball restoration
way, and I can burn tarballs to cd, and set DSL up on other machines very
quickly. Usually, only wvdialconf has to be re-run to pick up the modem on
my configuration to work.
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hope this helps.
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