On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 12:52 +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > > >So the stopping and starting of PCMCIA isn't always safe either, after > >all. I still wonder what's so unsafe about not stopping PCMCIA during > >upgrades. > > Important devices would disappear during the upgrade: eg. networking, or even > worse, storage: e.g I have a Compact Flash PCMCIA holder: my CF cards show up > as /dev/hdd...
If you stop PCMCIA, yes. But not if you don't. What I'm talking about is that there are several warnings in the debconf dialogues which say that it is unsafe to *not* stop PCMCIA when upgrading. That is what I don't understand. -- Pelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
