Bug#243846: (no subject)
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 12:52 +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
>
> >So the stopping and starting of PCMCIA isn't always safe either, after
> >all. I still wonder what's so unsafe about not stopping PCMCIA during
> >upgrades.
>
> Important devices would disappear during the upgrade: eg. networking, or even
> worse, storage: e.g I have a Compact Flash PCMCIA holder: my CF cards show up
> as /dev/hdd...
If you stop PCMCIA, yes. But not if you don't. What I'm talking about
is that there are several warnings in the debconf dialogues which say
that it is unsafe to *not* stop PCMCIA when upgrading. That is what I
don't understand.
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Pelle
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