On Tue 09 Oct 2018 at 10:10:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/08/2018 10:45 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 08:46:21AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > [snip] > > > It seemed to run OK. The only errors/warnings were related to not being > > > able to reach [http://deb.debian.org/...]. > > > > > > It reported: > > > "259 packages can be upgraded." > > > and > > > "210 upgraded, 201 newly installed, 0 to remove and 49 not upgraded." > > > > > > What, if anything, does that say about my upgrade from Stretch to Buster? > > > > It was not completed, but it's fixable. > > > > > > > I stated by running "script", so I have a log. > > > > 1) First things first. > > > > Install 'screen' utility into stretch. > > run 'screen' and do everything else there. > > In case of any trouble (such as network connectivity loss), reestablish > > your connection and run 'screen -DR'. > > I use a USB connected T-Mobile WiFi Hotspot [WiFi turned off] to access the > web through the cell network. > A chroot evidently could not connect to it. > > As the partition had had a functional Stretch install. > My original attempt to upgrade to Buster had at least partially worked. > I booted into that partition and did the upgrade. > It upgraded and it is now running without any apparent problems.
Who would have thought that would have worked? > If it gives problems I'll just wait for the final release. > One major reason I use Debian rather than another release is desire to avoid > hassles of a rolling release. YMMV ;/ You have the menu item for gparted back (the prupose of this thread)? -- Brian.
