Re: apt-get dist-update failure - can't boot

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Subject: Re: apt-get dist-update failure - can't boot
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 13:33:43 -0500
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Robert Brockway wrote:

On Mon, 3 May 2010, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
If a full-upgrade (previously known as dist-upgrade) throws errors,the lastthing you should do is reboot. You should *fix the errors*; yoursystem may
not reboot cleanly until they are resolved.
Well said. Rebooting in the middle of a dist-upgrade - I'm surprised itcame up at all.
Convincing people not to reboot in the face of a problem is a constantstuggle. I penned the following thoughts on rebooting:
http://practicalsysadmin.com/wiki/index.php/Reboot

Indeed, I think the reboot syndrome comes from Microsoft, or perhapswishful thinking that there was no problem after all.


Hugo

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- Re: apt-get dist-update failure - can't boot
  - From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
- Re: apt-get dist-update failure - can't boot
  - From: Robert Brockway <robert@timetraveller.org>

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