[Bio-Linux] Bio-Linux Upgrade

[Sarah Johns]

I treied to do the upgrade on friday, but realised I don't have a password for
root.  Can you help me?

Cheers
Sarah

Quoting Stewart Houten <shou at ceh.ac.uk>:

> Dear All,
> 
> The base-system underlying Bio-Linux was recently upgraded making
> Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, codenamed "Etch", the new stable release.  This
> upgrade provides support for a greater range of hardware and makes
> available many new and updated software packages including R v2.4,
> OpenOffice v2.0 and more [1].
> 
> The upgrade will *not* be done automatically via the nightly update
> mechanism and will need to be performed by the systems administrator.
> To help with this we have put together a detailed set of upgrade
> instructions specific to Bio-Linux which will hopefully catch any
> pitfalls that might be encountered.  Alternatively, if you wish to
> reinstall your machine with our updated image then please contact us
> and request a new installation CD. 
> 
> For further information visit our website[2].
> 
> Please take the time to perform the upgrade and let us know via the
> helpdesk <helpdesk at nebc.nox.ac.uk> if you have any problems or queries.
> 
> Regards,
> Stewart
> 
> [1] http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20070408
> [2] http://envgen.nox.ac.uk/envgen/software/archives/000576.html
> 
> 
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> Dr Stewart Houten, Bio-Linux Developer
> NEBC, CEH, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SR
> http://nebc.nox.ac.uk/ 
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Dr Sarah Johns
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