I was only trying the archboot cd, which wasn't working. Using the newest installer works. Sorry for not trying that first! That's what I get for not labeling discs and just trying them :) Thank you again, Tom -----Original Message----- From: arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org [mailto:arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org] On Behalf Of Leonid Isaev Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 3:53 PM To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] Upgrading from Don't Panic Fresh Install On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:48:56 +0100 Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
Am 15.01.2012 21:35, schrieb Thomas Misilo:
Hello,
I was wondering if there are any mirrors out there that still support upgrading from Don't Panic? As it seems the directory structure has changed a lot.
Before you ask WTF, I just want to say that this is the only version of the ISO I have found that actually boots the installer and doesn't panic. (Due to only have 256MB of ram)
Thanks,
Tom
There is really no easy way to update from such an old system. You will run into all kinds of problems. Not only did the repo layout, pacman itself or the package compression change. You might also have problems running our new packages which require a newer kernel etc..
In short: It's not worth trying.
Better: Tell us why the most recent ISO wont work for you. Afaik you can even install arch with just 64MB of RAM; even though such a system wont be of much use these days.
Greetings,
Pierre
... or use another distro livecd and install from there (all you need really is latest pacman). -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D