Re: (Mishap?) upgrading from Woody to Etch
On 2008-06-20 15:58 +0200, Adam Hardy wrote:
> Those upgrade instructions warn:
>
> "Important! You should not upgrade using telnet, rlogin, rsh, or from
> an X session managed by xdm, gdm or kdm etc on the machine you are
> upgrading. That is because each of those services may well be
> terminated during the upgrade, which can result in an inaccessible
> system that is only half-upgraded."
>
> Do you think ssh is deliberately excluded from that list of remote shells?
Yes, see the same section:
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| The distribution upgrade should be done either locally from a textmode
| virtual console (or a directly connected serial terminal), or remotely
| via an ssh link.
|
| In order to gain extra safety margin when upgrading remotely, we suggest
| that you run upgrade processes in the virtual console provided by the
| screen program, which enables safe reconnection and ensures the upgrade
| process is not interrupted even if the remote connection process fails.
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Sven
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