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From: Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Installing newer kernels
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On 03/18/2016 02:05 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I agree. The dist upgrade was problematic and I finally had to wipe the root
>> partition for a clean install. Thankfully, from my Caldera days, I use /opt
>
> Hmm.. just to give a counter-point, almost all my current Debian
> installs are the result of a stream of upgrades+clones from the first
> install I performed, back in 2006.

I tend to "install all-the-things<TM>" and it tends to fall over like a 
house of cards with a major upgrade. Last time everything went smoothly 
and it rebooted to the login screen ...minus the login box window. As 
Roseanne Roseannadanna said "It's always something." :) Ric


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