Re: Lenny -> Squeeze -> Wheezy; no eth0 on Squeeze reboot
On 2014-07-20 19:53 +0200, Ron Leach wrote:
> During an upgrade attempt of a Lenny server to Wheezy (the Debian docs
> say do this via Squeeze) I can't restart the Squeeze system after
> executing
> # apt-get upgrade
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> The machine is awkward to see, or get at, so I'm fairly keen to have
> an SSH link to it to finish whatever further changes I need.
>
> The initial reboot sequence begins loading the Squeeze system but
> (from screen flashing by)
>
> (a) notes that statd fails - mentions NFS
> (b) pauses for around 2 mins waiting for nfsd to start (it ultimately
> does not)
> (c) seems not to bring eth0 up
> (d) X / Gnome doesn't start
> (e) machine gives me a login prompt.
>
> Logging in as ron is ok, I can su, and running mc I can see that
> /etc/network/interfaces contains the same data as had been used on
> Lenny. But, trying
> # ifup eth0
> or
> # if-up eth0
> the machine replies with command not found.
It looks like the ifupdown package was removed during the upgrade.
Reinstall it and the network should come back after "ifup eth0".
Cheers,
Sven
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