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Title: Dist-upgrade Renders Not Bootable
Post by: xamindar on August 19, 2008, 02:30:24 pm

I just did a dist-upgtrade on my freshly installed debian eabi using the official debian source (so I changed it) and now it is unbootable.  It seems to take FOREVER while booting the kernel and then just hangs. It still suspends though if I press the power button. I just don't get any login prompt.

So is it not recomended to do a dist-upgrade? Just install stuff you need and not worry about the versions? Or did I just possibly do something wrong.

Anyone else done this successfully?

Title: Dist-upgrade Renders Not Bootable
Post by: scottlfa on August 29, 2008, 12:47:50 pm

I would think a dist-upgrade to be a bit risky as there are z specific files we use that are not in the main reps, so changing from one version to another would cause conflicts on numerous levels (just my opinion).