On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:47:38 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: (...) > Or is there some devious trick I'm missing? Will an ssh connection from > another machine survive the upgrade process, for example? Yes, I would try that way. Given your current situation I'd say a SSH session would be more than convenient. The system is already installed and an upgrade should not broke the network service. Greetings, -- Camaleón