2.6.x-based[]
Bringing Things Up to Date[]
This pertains to Debian-20040605-mit.ext3.1610mb.bz2
The root filesystem images are already somewhat old. I found it useful to take the following steps as soon as I had a network connection working:
In /etc/apt/sources.list, comment out the "non-us" repository. It is obsolete.
Some people might be getting the "Dynamic MMap out of room" error while trying to apt-get. To fix it, open the apt config file at /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf, and add this line:
APT::Cache-limit "8388608";
Now you can update normally.
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
It might be necessary to repeat these two instructions a few times.
I got an error regarding e2fsprogs. To remedy the error, I simply did this:
DON'T RUN THIS COMMAND YET!! READ BELOW!! DON'T RUN THIS COMMAND YET!! READ BELOW!!
apt-get remove e2fsprogs
(I had to type in something, like "Yes, I really want to do this! Do as I say!" I replied "yes" when asked if I should upgrade packages along the way.
This update comes with a real risk!!! When I did it the first time, the command "update-rc.d" was removed from the system, propably during the deinstallation of the package "sysv-rc". This command is essantial for any further package installation, including the removed package "sysv-rc". Any package installation will fail after this binary has been deleted! I had to install the image again and start from the beginning! Therefore do make a copy of the system-image before trying to remove the package "e2fsprogs"!
Before removing the package "e2fsprogs" I installed (during my second try) the package "sysv-rc":
apt-get install sysv-rc
After doing this the removal of the package "e2fsprogs" was no problem.
apt-get install e2fsprogs
apt-get dist-upgrade
Install dhcp client:
apt-get install pump
apt-get install gnupg
apt-get update
Note: mirrorselect may come in handy.
BiafraRepublic's instructions for upgrading the default Debian (Woody) image (Debian-3.0r2.ext3-mit-backports.1gb.bz2):
1.) If any exist, remove/comment out the non-us entries from '/etc/apt/sources.list', as well as the backports.org entry for kernel-image-2.6.6-i386 (which returns a 404 error).
- (If desired, add a line to a local Debian volatile repository (perfect you wish to add frequently updated items such as antivirus software. spam filters, etc.) Just add the following line to your sources.list file...)
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian-volatile/ stable/volatile main
2.) Update the package lists
apt-get update
3.) Upgrade your distribution to the latest 'stable' version (Sarge)
apt-get dist-upgrade
4.) Repeat steps 2 and 3 as necessary
5.) The above steps also install the package manager aptitude onto your system, so if you wish to add anything from the command line, type the following to load it up
aptitude