[arch-general] Upgrading from Don't Panic Fresh Install

Leonid Isaev lisaev at umail.iu.edu
Sun Jan 15 15:53:28 EST 2012


On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:48:56 +0100
Pierre Schmitz <pierre at 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).

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