apt- et dist-upgrade

[David Hart]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 10:24:51AM -0800, Vram wrote:

> I am on dial-up so.....
> 
> I just got a Breezy Badger  CD..
> 
> Can I change my Sources list to  CDROM
> 
> Do 
> 
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> on the CDROM
> 
> Then change my sources list to Breezy Badger
> 
> and do
> 
> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade....
> 
> Or is their a flaw in this plan...

Seems like a good idea to me to save bandwidth.

You may find that stuff that's not in main will break between the two
dist-upgrades but should fix itself with the the second dist-upgrade
when you go online.

-- 
David Hart <ubuntu at tonix.org>