I started with the libc5-2-libc6 howto. That went OK. Then I proceeded to install packages via dselect. Thank went OK. I might point out that there were a large number of new packages. Very impressive! However, I did not add anything new at this stage; just upgrading at this point.
All the packages installed. Then, it went to the configuration stage. I didn't notice, but there could have been error messages prior to the failure. The machine hung big time! The last message in the screen was "configuring psmisc" Then the machine would not boot. I went to the emergency diskettes. Eventually, I figured out that it was trying to execute /etc/init.d/boot, which was no longer there from the new sysvinit package. So, there is a disconnect there. I copied /etc/init.d/boot.OLD to /etc/init.d/boot, then the machine would at least boot again (after e2fsck all the hard drives, which had lots of errors from this failure!) Where I am now: * lots of packages will not configure because /usr/sbin/install-info is needing a dir.lock file not to be there. (from dselect configure all packages needing it) * dpkg --list seems to hang so I can't even see the list of packages and what the status is * the sysklogd package fails to install correctly because the /etc/init.d/sysklogd file is not installed (the file that is there is not executable and looks like an entry in the Packages file for sysklogd!) * I'm not sure whether I need to keep /etc/init.d/boot there or not (afraid to delete it, haven't seen the console messages for a good boot without it, don't understand why it was necessary to change this scheme!). Summary: worst upgrade I have ever had with Debian. I am very disappointed seeing as how I have deliberately waited until I thought it was ready. I would call this pre-beta or maybe alpha! I am glad I experimented with my print server first and did not try this on this machine (my desktop). I hope you folks can help me through this one! Remember, what sold alot of us on Debian in the first place was the upgrade path. I think I would have been better off from scratch, in which case, why Debian? I think you should test the upgrade on a representative machine! -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ |James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. |Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | A | |Oak Ridge National Laboratory |FAX: (423)574-9172 | H | I | L | |Research Reactors Division |work e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| F | N | P | |P. O. Box 2008 |home e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I | U | H | |Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392|world's best neutrons | R | X | A | \------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
