[GRLUG] Building an "OLD" system

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:54 AM, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:
>
> On 7/18/2011 10:48 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
>>
>> In resurrecting a project from a few years ago we're running into a
>> substantial number of what appear to be C++ & library changes, so the
>> simplest way to rebuild it [i.e. a clean compile] may be to build with a
>> kernel/system from, say, 2003. Has anyone ever tried this? I know public
>> repositories are long gone, .. how would one build a configured system (i.e.
>> gc++, tools, libraries)?
>>
>>    Lee
>>
>>
>
> You'll want the full install from disk. Older ISO disk images should be
> available online for most common distros. A little research on your part
> will find what version to use for a given date. I'm sure there are people on
> the list with either the cd/dvd's or the images as well. I know I have disks
> going a long way back lol
>

It looks like the Debian releases from that era were Slink(1999) and
Potato(2000-2002) and Woody(2002-2005):

http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/
http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/
http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/

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