Re: on Debian/Alpha

["James D. Freels" <freelsjd ornl gov>]

Normally, Debian CD images don't become available (especially 
"official" CDs) until a stable release is made.  Since stable releases 
are not often made with Debian, you don't get current CDs.  The best 
thing to do is install the current stable, then upgrade, via the net 
and apt-get, to testing.  That is what I have done with my Alphas.

You really don't need the CDs.  Apt-get is much better with net 
upgrades.  If you want, you can try to create your own CDs with the 
Debian package "debian-cd".  Go find a description of the package on 
www.debian.org

On Tuesday 23 October 2001 10:59 am, Igor Schein wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:03:57AM -0400, Daniel Green wrote:
> > Alright, I'm game.  Where are the debain cd images.  I have
> > searched around their ftp site, and can't find any alpha cd images.
> > I can't/don't want to do a net install.  What are the options for
> > getting debian on CD.
>
> A good starting point is www.debianplanet.org.  There seem to be 2
> releases. Potato is a stable release, and there's an alpha iso image
> of it on all mirrors.  It's *old* - Apr 2001, but there appears to be
> a way to upgrade it to 2.4 kernel.  Woody is the current release at
> works, but I couldn't find alpha iso for it.
>
> Disclaimer - I discovered the above info after about 10 min of
> searching.  I never used Debian myself, so if some1 Debian-savvy can
> add more precise info, it'd be great.
>
> Igor
>
>
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