Re: slink -> potato
Strange, I've never had a hard time with a dist-upgrade when I am remote. Of
course, it's best to open a new telnet window once the upgrade is complete, and
to not do a final reboot until you are on site, since if it doesn't boot, you
are stuck. But that behavior of losing connection is generally only a problem
if you use dial-up. If you use ethernet, you won't lose connectivity unless
your connection dies.
Dave Bristel
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, John Lapeyre wrote:
> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 11:43:17 -0700
> From: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
> To: "[iso-8859-1] andreas pålsson" <andreas@aci.se>
> Cc: debian developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: slink -> potato
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> Something I have noticed several times. If you are doing a remote upgrade
> (probably a crazy idea), the telnet daemon (maybe inetd or something) becomes
> unavailble for quite some time. Maybe it is between the time that netbase is
> unpacked and when it is configured. There are usually problems with a broken
> package or two so that apt-get upgrade does not work on the first try. If I lose
> my telnet connection, I can't telnet again to fix things.
>
> *andreas pålsson wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I'm about to make an update of a base Slink-system to the unstable
> > Potato.
> >
> > Is there anything I should think of or preperations to be made before
> > updating?
> >
> > Why I do this is because I want to become a Debian-developer, and any
> > hints and tips are much appreciated.
> >
> > Sincerely...
> > Andreas
> >
> >
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