On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 23:17 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> Well, I'm not exactly the world's most experienced systems
> administrator - in fact, the term "incompetent amateur" is perhaps
> more like it ;-) So it might be a bit more onerous for me than for
> others.
I've been running Etch for so
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On 03/02/07 01:17, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
>> Now, you've got to upgrade from Woody to Sarge and then soon
>> upgrade from Sarge to Etch. That 2-step process is much slower
>> and error-prone than the one-st
On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> > The problem - I tried to upgrade an elderly system from woody to
> > sarge. Now it doesn't boot. I suspect the upgrade ate the master boot
> > record - but I don't even know the right terminology to figure out
> > wh
On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> > *sigh* You are the second person to suggest in effect never actually
> > upgrading a debian system,
>
> We'd *never* say that.
Well, what the other fellow said was that in his shop, they prefer
to reinstall from scratch, at least when going from woody
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On 03/01/07 19:10, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 03/01/07 18:22, Arlie Stephens wrote:
>>> On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> I'll make one tonight, and try
On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/01/07 18:22, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> > On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> > I'll make one tonight, and try re-installing LILO.
> > Then I'll doubtless be on to the next problem, but it's a stag
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On 03/01/07 18:22, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote:
>
[snip]
> I'll make one tonight, and try re-installing LILO.
> Then I'll doubtless be on to the next problem, but it's a stage
On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> > The problem - I tried to upgrade an elderly system from woody to
> > sarge. Now it doesn't boot. I suspect the upgrade ate the master boot
> > record - but I don't even know the right terminology to figure out
> > wh
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On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm hoping the collective wisdom of this list can point me at the
> right TFM. I'm also somewhat inclined to vent.
>
> The problem - I tried to upgrade an elderly system from woody to
> sarge.
Hi Folks,
I'm hoping the collective wisdom of this list can point me at the
right TFM. I'm also somewhat inclined to vent.
The problem - I tried to upgrade an elderly system from woody to
sarge. Now it doesn't boot. I suspect the upgrade ate the master boot
record - but I don't even know the righ
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