On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:30:08AM +1000, Felix Karpfen wrote: > > I note, from a cursory read, that the dist-upgrade should be run from a > console (and not from XWindows). Not as straightforward as it once > was, since the system currently defaults to "gdm".
Yes. since the upgrade will probably replace X completely, it would be unwise to trust it to keep running through the upgrade. > > But I have till December at the earliest to iron out the details. > > My thanks also to the other respondents who were good enough to share > their experiences. I am especially grateful for the advice from > "hendrik" to "keep a copy of the currently-operational system" What I said (or should have said) was "keep an *operational* copy of the currently-operational system". I actually used extra partitions to store the copy and checked that I could boot it. And it was well worth it. I ended up booting it and using it to make *another* copy after my first upgrade attempt ran aground. Except for the two times I rebooted to a different partition, my users didn't notice anything special going on during the upgrade! Mind you, they were primarily using it as a gateway for access to the wider internet, but I can't imagine this working with a lot of onther systems I've used. -- hendrik > (also mentioned in the release-notes). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
