Bug#619521: upgrade-reports: "dist-upgrade" -using DVDs cannot be completed
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 04:40:43AM +1100, Felix Karpfen wrote:
> Package: upgrade-reports
> Severity: critical
> Justification: causes serious data loss
>
> I have submitted the report (details below) before. But, because I am new to
> "reportbug, I incorrectly selected to report it under #609566. As a result,
> my posting was filed and ignored.
>
> So, here is a copy of the posting - with additional information:
>
> I attempted to use the DVDs of the Official release of Debian 6.0 by
> following the routines described in the release notes - chapter 4.
>
> Everything worked correctly until I got to Section 4.4.6.
>
> "apt-get dist-upgrade" found 607 packages to be upgraded, 753 packages to be
> newly installed and 70 packages to be removed. It invited me to load the
> first DVD, made all the changes to packages that were on that DVD and then
> asked me to insert the second DVD.
>
> This command could not be carried out - for the following reason:
>
> When the dist-upgrade started the sym-link "/cdrom -> /dev/hdc" was correct.
> But during the that stage of the "dist-upgrade, the mounted drive had been renamed from /dev/hdc to "/dev/sr0".
>
> Since "/cdrom" still pointed to "/dev/hdc", the drive carriage could not be
> opened.
Do you mean /dev/cdrom ? /cdrom is supposed to point to /media/cdrom, not to /dev/hdc.
Did you try to fix the symlink and restart the upgrade ?
(apparently your email carries an incorrect from: address).
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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