Accessible install of Sid or Dapper?

[Charles Hallenbeck]

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Hi Ricky,

I think the best way to get to unstable is to install sarge and go from 
there. Here are some cautions I follow when doing that:

1. install sarge with the "speakup26" kernel, but as soon as possible, 
upgrade to 2.6.12, since the 2.6.8 kernel on the installation disk has a 
flawed mark/cut/paste feature. To do this, add to your 
/etc/apt/sources.list file this line:

deb http://people.debian.org/~shane/speakup/kernel ./

2. Next change the distribution name from stable to testing in your 
/etc/apt/sources.list. You should go to testing first just briefly, and 
from there to unstable.

3. First get current apt tools by doing:

apt-get install dpkg apt-get

4. Next to this:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

You are now into a testing distribution.

5. Change the distro name from testing to unstable or sid, fix your 
package management tools again, and then do the sequence apt-get update, 
apt-get upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade one last time.

You are now in sid. Now you can go ahead and look for extra packages and 
fix your authentication process. 

Chuck





On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:04:02PM -0400, Ricky Enger wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm interested in checking out Debian unstable or Ubuntu Dapper 
> Drake, and was just curious about the cleanest and most accessible 
> way to install these distros.  I know about Brltty, but since  I 
> don't have a Braille display, this solution won't work for me.  I 
> know there's a Speakup-modified Sarge and one can upgrade to Sid from 
> that, but are there any caveats I should be aware of with that process?
> 
> Since I know that there are several on the list using Debian 
> unstable, I figured this was the logical place to ask, but if there's 
> a more appropriate place to post the question I'll be happy to do 
> so.  Thanks for any suggestions or ideas.
> 
> Ricky
> 
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