Strange, I've never had a hard time with a dist-upgrade when I am remote. Of course, it's best to open a new telnet window once the upgrade is complete, and to not do a final reboot until you are on site, since if it doesn't boot, you are stuck. But that behavior of losing connection is generally only a problem if you use dial-up. If you use ethernet, you won't lose connectivity unless your connection dies.
Dave Bristel On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, John Lapeyre wrote: > Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 11:43:17 -0700 > From: John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[iso-8859-1] andreas pålsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: slink -> potato > Resent-Date: 1 Oct 1999 18:43:30 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > > Something I have noticed several times. If you are doing a remote upgrade > (probably a crazy idea), the telnet daemon (maybe inetd or something) becomes > unavailble for quite some time. Maybe it is between the time that netbase is > unpacked and when it is configured. There are usually problems with a broken > package or two so that apt-get upgrade does not work on the first try. If I > lose > my telnet connection, I can't telnet again to fix things. > > *andreas pålsson wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I'm about to make an update of a base Slink-system to the unstable > > Potato. > > > > Is there anything I should think of or preperations to be made before > > updating? > > > > Why I do this is because I want to become a Debian-developer, and any > > hints and tips are much appreciated. > > > > Sincerely... > > Andreas > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >