On 18/05/07, Terence Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > > Quoting Leon Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> On 18/05/07, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> It then just sits there. Is there any way of doing a "chroot > >>> /mnt/root /bin/bash" and then running an apt-get dist-upgrade or > >>> update in order to resolve this? Obviously I'd need to boot from a > >>> live CD, but I'm sure the last time I tried to do this it failed > >>> miserably and I had to blat the HDD and start again. > >>> > >> You are correct. Go into a rescue session with the LiveCD on the boot > >> options. It will give you a shell where you can carry on your upgrade. > >> > > > > Can I use an Edgy disk for this? I don't remember there being a > > "Rescue" option on the boot menu... > > > > M. > > > > There is a "Rescue" mode on the alternate CD, but you don't actually > need it. Just use a terminal from the LiveCD session to do it. >
Using a terminal on the LiveCD is a little bit involved. You need to do a chroot as the OP thought, and IIRC you then need to mount /proc so that apt-get will work. You definitely need to mount proc to get grub to work. A 'mount -a' might work - haven't tried this. HTH Hwyl, Neil. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
