Re: upgrade of etch from beta2 net install to current level
I have a dual-booting box with an ASUS P4P800e Deluxe motherboard
(socket 478) with a Radeon ATI 9550 graphics card. Etch using grub
was installed this past spring 2006 with a 2.6.12 kernel from the
beta2 network installation CDROM.
Since I now have ADSL (the motherboard has built-in IEEE 1394 WAN),
I tried to upgrade etch with aptitude update and aptitude upgrade. It
attempted to remove my only running kernel. I declined that option.
It has hosed my display after reboot. I scripted the upgrade and
believe that I can retrieve the text file if that is needed.
I was also foolhardy enough to attempt linux-image-2.6.18-3-686, but
it also wanted to remove 2.6.12 which is my only kernel. Once I get
Windows XP Professional configured correctly, I suppose I could
download a current iso image and reinstall or just use Kubuntu.
Mainly I want to know if I can use aptitude to finish the upgrade
properly and then I would like to know the way to upgrade from 2.6.12
to 2.6.18 so that I can use a smp kernel with the Pentium 4 Prescott.
Thanks for any help on the Debian recommended way to proceed.
I tried Sackville's suggestion to mark the 2.6.12, but aptitude had
already purged dependent packages and was dead set on removing it.
Fortunately or unfortunately, it seems that aptitude (0.4.1, I think)
was intent on downloading the whole mirror or so it seemed. It
downloaded and installed about ten of the *86 kernels of version
2.6.18. I have to boot into a recovery kernel and enter root password
to get into maintenance mode. The normal login won't show a password
prompt to let me get in. Also, the graphics system is not displaying.
I can mount my Windows XP partition which also won't boot so I can
recover data. Grub seems to work fine. I'm just not proficient in it
yet. However, I did get aptitude to upgrade to its latest version 0.4.4
that Joey Hess mentioned in a previous post. I'm getting there but can
still use helpful comments. I had missed the obvious auto/manual
install toggle in aptitude. This time I will use it on the 2.6.18
kernels (normal and recovery). I also have the vserver and k7 kernels.
I guess I can purge or eliminate some of those once I get the system
back into shape.
Anyway, further suggestions and guidance are certainly appreciated.
It's nearly 4 AM for me. Tomorrow is going to be an exquisite
pleasure! %-}
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