Re: Lenny-to-Squeeze: ... and no net. (Sorry, reSending)
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Lu, 21 feb 11, 10:01:42, PMA wrote: I gather from docs that the problem was my ISDN connection which, after the reboot following install -udev, Squeeze simply disabled. I'm not sure what you mean here. httpd://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.en, just before Sec 2.1.6.1, says ISDN is supported, but not during the installation. So I've now on another box downloaded debian-6.0.0-i386-DVD-1-iso and cat'd it to a usb stick; then on my half-upgraded box mounted the stick on /media/usbdisk and edited /etc/apt/sources.list to say just deb file:/media/usbdisk stable main contrib And now I've run apt-get update, which responds Get:1 file: stable Release 900B [though] Ign file: ... [the specified components] At this point, can I safely proceed with apt-get dist-upgrade (the upgrade-doc's first command (4.4.6) after that reboot)? It's difficult to say, because I don't know if the first DVD has all the needed packages to upgrade your box to squeeze. Maybe you should post here the output of 'apt-get dist-upgrade -s' (-s means simulate). The DVD need only go far enough to re-establish net access. Once the install process finished, I'd continue via the net as originally intended. But in any case, I have switched tracks here: saved aside all my stuff, wiped the system disk clean, installed Squeeze from scratch via the stick, brought my stuff back -- and Voila!, everything works. It's tempting to think that this strategy -- where feasible, of course -- would also be preferable for anyone. Or maybe I was just lucky. Thanks for your caution. Pete Hope this helps, Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d6953d9.3020...@aya.yale.edu
Re: Lenny-to-Squeeze: ... and no net. (Sorry, reSending)
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 13:04 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 12 feb 11, 20:43:55, armst...@eskimo.com wrote: Hi List. In the midst of upgrading Lenny to Squeeze - specifically, upon reboot after installing the new kernel and udev - I find that: 1) My external hard drive, whose partitions Lenny had always happily mounted with fstab lines like /dev/sdc1 /mnt/u/0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0, gets no mounts at all. Is this copy-pasted from fstab? FYI: the drive isn't completely ignored, as a kern.log line lists all its partitions; and I am able to mount each manually using the old syntax. Could you please post the relevant log lines and exact comand line that works Does Squeeze require upgraded fstab-entry parameters (in addition to the new device specification)? Or -- what else should I be asking? Device names may change from hda to sda and so, I'm not aware of other changes. 2) There is no net connection. (So I'm writing this from another computer.) And dmesg.0 now mentions Tigon3. Does this mean that I need to append contrib non-free after main in /etc/sources.list, and then re-execute apt-get upgrade? And then re-install both the new kernel and udev? This lacks a lot of information to be able to start guessing what's wrong and it would be better to start a separate thread about it. - MY APOLOGIES FOR RESENDING. Iceweasel mishandled a lot of my mail -- maybe this, maybe your reply. If you have responded already, please resend as well. (I've got Iceape Mail instead now, working ok.) Hi again, Andrei. I gather from docs that the problem was my ISDN connection which, after the reboot following install -udev, Squeeze simply disabled. So I've now on another box downloaded debian-6.0.0-i386-DVD-1-iso and cat'd it to a usb stick; then on my half-upgraded box mounted the stick on /media/usbdisk and edited /etc/apt/sources.list to say just deb file:/media/usbdisk stable main contrib And now I've run apt-get update, which responds Get:1 file: stable Release 900B [though] Ign file: ... [the specified components] At this point, can I safely proceed with apt-get dist-upgrade (the upgrade-doc's first command (4.4.6) after that reboot)? Thanks again for your time. Pete P.S. The missing mounts issue (stupid mistake of mine) is fixed. Please include at a minimum your /etc/network/interfaces (or mention if you use network-manager), the relevant lspci line, the relevant lines in dmesg and the output of 'ifconfig -a' and 'uname -a'. Regards, Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d627e56.3080...@aya.yale.edu
Re: Lenny-to-Squeeze: ... and no net. (Sorry, reSending)
On Lu, 21 feb 11, 10:01:42, PMA wrote: I gather from docs that the problem was my ISDN connection which, after the reboot following install -udev, Squeeze simply disabled. I'm not sure what you mean here. So I've now on another box downloaded debian-6.0.0-i386-DVD-1-iso and cat'd it to a usb stick; then on my half-upgraded box mounted the stick on /media/usbdisk and edited /etc/apt/sources.list to say just deb file:/media/usbdisk stable main contrib And now I've run apt-get update, which responds Get:1 file: stable Release 900B [though] Ign file: ... [the specified components] At this point, can I safely proceed with apt-get dist-upgrade (the upgrade-doc's first command (4.4.6) after that reboot)? It's difficult to say, because I don't know if the first DVD has all the needed packages to upgrade your box to squeeze. Maybe you should post here the output of 'apt-get dist-upgrade -s' (-s means simulate). Hope this helps, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
