Latest update broke my system
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something might've gone wrong - don't get any mails (the newsgroup
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On Thursday I updated my system via
dselect/ftp/ftp.uk.debian.org/unstable to update those packages that
has been update since last (a couple of weeks ago).
A lot of the packages generated errormessages (something I deduced was
due to broken files - it happend before with the tar_xxxx.deb).
The when I shortly afterwards (didn't understood the errormessages
entirely) shutdown my system I got some errors from shutdown/init. I
rebooted and when init boots it complains of "cannot execute
/etc/rc.d/rcS", gives login prompt but I can't log in. No passwords
are recognized (I think it's PAM that complains).
Trying boot disk didn't help (not very surprising).
1. What's wrong? I can't tell you what errormessages I'd got (I did log
the dselect-run with script) nor can I tell you what is FUBAR since
I can't log in.
2. I will give the resucedisks a try - how do I use 'em?
Reinstalling the entire system is not an option.
The irony of it all was that I was planning to do a backup of a lot of
files to a cdr tomorrow...
/Jonas, with a f*cked up debian system.
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