Re: Upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:37:39 -0800, Gary Roach wrote:
> I have a dual boot Windows XP / Lenny Toshiba Qosmio G25 laptop. I have
> it setup for dual boot with XP on one hard drive and Linux on the other.
> I wanted to upgrade to Squeeze. I ran an Aptitude upgrade by changing
> Lenny to Squeeze in the /etc/apt/source.list file and then running the
> usual update sequence. Everything worked except Postgresql 8.4 refused
> to configure. After reading the bug reports I concluded that this is a
> serious bug that isn't going away soon. So I burned a Squeeze Network
> Installation Disk (6.1 beta) and attempted to install the new system
> that way. The Squeeze disk didn't recognize the windows system and
> trashed my boot files. I finally did a fresh installation using my old
> Lenny Network Installation Disk. This corrected all of the problems but
> leaves me back where I started.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can do this upgrade safely and effectively.
So in brief, you are facing two problems:
1/ Squeeze installer "trashed"? your boot files
2/ PostgreSQL fails to configure after updating from lenny
You better explain what did you do and what errors did you get for 1/ and
2/
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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