Re: How to install Unstable?
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:49:18AM +0100, Dan H. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just tried installing Debian unstable on an extra disk I had kicking
> around (I've been running stable for several years without any trouble).
>
<snip lots of errors>
>
> And the system is left in a completely unusable state. I couldn't even
> edit the apt sources back to "etch" because I couldn't get an editor:
>
> # vi /etc/apt/sources.list
> -bash: /usr/bin/vi: no such file or directory.
>
> So what can I do now?
>
> Thanks,
Hi Dan,
Maybe the disk is the issue? Perhaps reboot with a knoppix and examine
the disk with fsck /dev/hda1 or similar? If there are disk problems,
reformat and install again because your procedure was correct. The other
option is that the disk image you used or the packages have some odd
errors. And in that case, you'd file bugs on the disk image or some
package. The apt-get error did not give enough detail to give any
comments.
Cheers,
Kev
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