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Re: Stranded between lenny and squeeze



On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Doing forklift upgrades without console access is always a risk. An
SSH session is sensitive to network interruptions in the midst of the
update, for example, leaving you in a fractured state. (This is hardly
unique to Debian.)


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