Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. Just some info for those considering upgrading from Sarge to > Etch (or Sid). I just upgraded my system from Debian Sarge, to Debian > Sid. I initially set out to upgrade to Etch, but circumstances drove me > to Sid. I changed the repositories in my sources.list from sarge to > etch, and proceded. After a while it gave an error reading, claiming > that to upgrade udev, the kernel image had to be greater than 2.6.12 (I > was using 2.6.8). When trying to install the 2.6.15 kernel image, it > complained that a newer version of udev was required. The xserver > protested, committing hare-kare, and I was left using Lynx, and Pico > (not the cutting edge software I had been anticipating, needless to > say.) Running "apt-get -f install" did nothing. I then altered the > sources from Etch, to Sid, and, giving me hope, various changes > occurred. However, it left me with the same message, that the new udev > was required. I rebooted using the 2.4.27 kernel image, and ran > "apt-get -f install", and, strangely enough, it worked. The new kernel > installed, udev installed, the xserver came back to life, and I ended up > in an XFCE desktop, with my home directory in tact. An unexpected > surprise, to be sure, though I'm quite happy to have salvaged my system. > I'm hoping one day that I'll be samrt and actually make a back-up of my > system before trying stuff like upgrading again. My OpenOffice.org 2.0 > (converted from alien) seems to have vanished. I think my gnome desktop > environment is a casualty as well, but at least my home directory still > exists.
The solution to this is to uninstall the initrd-tools package and to install yaird and then install the new kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
