On Dec 30, 2007 12:39 AM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I hope your /var/log/dpkg.log from old box is still there. Following
> 'awk' script will output what all packages with their versions were
> installed before a given date when your system broke. Set value of
> BROKEDA
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> "linuxlingam" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
linuxlingam> Dear jasbir,
linuxlingam> thanks for your respone and taking your cue promptly
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linuxlingam> i have no
Dear jasbir,
thanks for your respone and taking your cue promptly subscribed to the
ubuntu-in mailing list.
i have not opted for dist-upgrade in feisty, just regular maintenance
updates. The ones post oct2007 demand more ram, so until then the
system is doing a swap dance.
I therefore dont want u
Hi Niyam,
I am also using Ubuntu Feisty on an old Cyrix-III box. If you are
worried about Ubuntu upgrading from Feisty to Gusty, well it wont
until unless you specifically tell it to 'dist-upgrade' to the +1
version. So the updates you receive post Gusty launch are specific to
Feisty and are mostl
dear tirveni,
> >
> >
> > once done, is there any way in which i can create some sort of a
> > snapshot system, so if the system rattles again due to an update or a
> > patch, i safely roll-back to a known, working snapshot?
[snip]
> Two hard disks with same specs,
>a- partitioned the new ha
On Dec 28, 2007 5:47 PM, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> once done, is there any way in which i can create some sort of a
> snapshot system, so if the system rattles again due to an update or a
> patch, i safely roll-back to a known, working snapshot?
>
Snapshot, hmmm, hope this is
dear all,
in april 2007, i installed a fresh ubuntu feisty on my five-year-old
desktop that is now growing long in the bluetooth.
i regularly updated and applied patches on it, so i had a 'more
usable' system that worked brilliantly, till the last week of oct
2007.
the subsequent updates and pat
