Hi, On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:41:26AM -0800, Freeman wrote: > > > My ego may be the more delicately balanced but my system is the more > > > precious. :) > > > > This squeeze testing cycle has been rough because of major transitions. > > My recent upgrade in one of the multiboot setup from stable to unstable > > caused unbootable system. > > > > Yep. I've never lost a file-system in 7 years of Debian until the > xserver-xorg/mesa upgrade.
Wait... you did not loose file system. I am writig from ex-unbootable system :-) This is typical unstable situation. Data are there. Just a broken boot system. You just need to boot system with another partition or from live CD and chroot into unbootable system after fixing obvious problem like broken /etc/resolv.conf. Then update system with good deb via aptitude in chroot. I have had several broken grub/lilo previously, too. These are easyones to fix. > In which case, I pin the rolled back version to 1001. The preferences file > can live on in moderation for the sake of learning. Or, just use "sudo dpkg -i old-package.deb" (maybe in chroot). Please read "Chapter 2. Debian package management" http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_rescue_with_the_dpkg_command Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100222140143.gb5...@osamu.debian.net
