Re: slink -> potato, all messed up!
Jean-Paul Blaquiere (japester@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) wrote:
> a couple of hundred is a bit ecsessive. I would expect ~10MB tops.
> you are running a 2.2.x kernel I presume? apt may have barfed on that if you
> were running a 2.0 or a 2.1 kernel. the new libc6.xxx with potato requires a
> 2.2 kernel.
That's what I thought... Nope, 2.2.12...
>
> else. .... I think we're all outa luck on this one. I know i've racked brains
> on it (even if the rantings of the brain have not been posted to the list)
> is it possible to do a full clean reinstall of slink and then try upgrading that
> to potato?
I'm reinstalling slink right now. Besides, I was itchen to try a new
partitioning sceme... So I guess after all the crap it will be ok. But from
now on, I'm just going to wait until unstable becomes stable to upgrade.
Thanks to those who tried to help!
Later,
Ron
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