Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-09 Thread Brian
On Tue 09 Oct 2018 at 10:10:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/08/2018 10:45 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 08:46:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > [snip] > > > It seemed to run OK. The only errors/warnings were related to not being > > > able to reach

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/08/2018 10:45 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 08:46:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] It seemed to run OK. The only errors/warnings were related to not being able to reach [http://deb.debian.org/...]. It reported: "259 packages can be upgraded." and

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-08 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 03:19:42PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/08/2018 10:45 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 08:46:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > [snip] > > > > > I stated by running "script", so I have a log. > > > > 1) First things first.

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/08/2018 10:45 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 08:46:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] I stated by running "script", so I have a log. 1) First things first. Install 'screen' utility into stretch. run 'screen' and do everything else there. I browsed the

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-08 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 08:46:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > No, stay in stretch. > > > > 1) Become root. > > > > 2) Mount buster installation in, say, /mnt. > > > > 3) Classic chroot sequence: > > > > mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc > > mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys > > mount

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/07/2018 09:26 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 09:17:10AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/07/2018 08:52 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:14:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: It was recommended that I update to Buster. I started with Debian

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Brian
On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 14:57:10 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/07/2018 02:33 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: > > On Sun, 2018-10-07 at 19:23 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread mick crane
On 2018-10-07 20:12, Linux-Fan wrote: mick crane writes: On 2018-10-07 19:23, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Does gparted run from a terminal? It does? A missing menu entry is hardly a

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/07/2018 02:33 PM, Dominic Knight wrote: On Sun, 2018-10-07 at 19:23 +0100, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: It was recommended that I update to Buster. I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Joe
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 21:12:39 +0200 Linux-Fan wrote: > mick crane writes: > > > On 2018-10-07 19:23, Brian wrote: > >> On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>> Does gparted run from a terminal? >

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Dominic Knight
On Sun, 2018-10-07 at 19:23 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > It was recommended that I update to Buster. > > > I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. > > >

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Linux-Fan
mick crane writes: On 2018-10-07 19:23, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Does gparted run from a terminal? It does? A missing menu entry is hardly a show-stopper. I never made a menu entry, it

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread mick crane
On 2018-10-07 19:23, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Does gparted run from a terminal? It does? A missing menu entry is hardly a show-stopper. I never made a menu entry, it looks a bit

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Brian
On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 15:33:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > It was recommended that I update to Buster. > > I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. > > [MATE desktop] > > I edited sources.list to access online

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 07 October 2018 10:17:10 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/07/2018 08:52 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:14:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> It was recommended that I update to Buster. > >> I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. > >>

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Brian
On Sun 07 Oct 2018 at 08:14:05 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > It was recommended that I update to Buster. > I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. > [MATE desktop] > I edited sources.list to access online repository. > I then followed the instructions at >

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 09:17:10AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/07/2018 08:52 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:14:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > It was recommended that I update to Buster. > > > I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/07/2018 08:52 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:14:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: It was recommended that I update to Buster. I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. [MATE desktop] I edited sources.list to access online repository. I then

Re: Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:14:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > It was recommended that I update to Buster. > I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. > [MATE desktop] > I edited sources.list to access online repository. > I then followed the instructions at >

Problem updating to Buster - gparted effectively MIA

2018-10-07 Thread Richard Owlett
It was recommended that I update to Buster. I started with Debian 9.1.0 installed from purchased DVD1. [MATE desktop] I edited sources.list to access online repository. I then followed the instructions at [linuxconfig.org/how-to-upgrade-debian-9-stretch-to-debian-10-buster] as it had everything