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Re: Upgrade Problem

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On 01/04/2019 12:13 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 05:47:07PM +0100, steve wrote:
>> Le vendredi 04 janvier 2019, Stephen P. Molnar a écrit :
>>
>>
>>> where useful in that they convinced me that reinstalling the OS is the
>>> simplest remedy for the problems.
>> You're welcome. But this last sentence is pretty sad because normally,
>> issues like yours do not require windows-style operation. For your info,
>> I have not reinstalled my Debian system for the last 15 years.
>> Reinstalling is a solution but what if in ten days the same issue arises
>> again? You'll ask the same questions and won't have learned much…
>>
>> One of the power of GNU/Linux is that you can learn and fix problems.
>>
> I am not sure if Stephen went with an LVM solution, though I hope he
> did.  Given that his former partition scheme was problematic for his use
> case and that it was based on static partitions, the reinstallation
> route may have been the best course.
>
> It is important to remember that adjusting a static partition layout is
> a high risk operation for even a highly skilled system administrator who
> has performed the operation multiple times.  I suspect that if Stephen
> even considered the possibility of attempting that sort of operation,
> that he rightly judged the time investment required and likelihood of
> causing irreparable damage to his configuration were justification
> enough to reinstall.
>
> Sometimes one just wants to get the job done and fiddling around with
> system issues becomes more of an obstacle than an opportunity to learn.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
>
I haven't messed around with partitioning since the early days of 
Slackware, and that was with a great deal of trepidation?  As far as 
computer OS's are concerned I hope that the days of fools rush in are a 
thing of the past.

-- 
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
Consultant
www.molecular-modeling.net
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype: smolnar1

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Re: Upgrade Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2019-01-04 17:20 +0100
  Re: Upgrade Problem steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2019-01-04 17:50 +0100
    Re: Upgrade Problem Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2019-01-04 18:00 +0100
      Re: Upgrade Problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-04 18:10 +0100
        Re: Upgrade Problem Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2019-01-04 18:20 +0100
          Re: Upgrade Problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-04 21:50 +0100
            Re: Upgrade Problem Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-01-04 22:20 +0100
              Re: Upgrade Problem songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-01-04 23:10 +0100
                Re: Upgrade Problem Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-01-04 23:40 +0100
                Re: Upgrade Problem songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-01-05 15:50 +0100
                Re: Upgrade Problem <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-05 10:20 +0100
              Re: Upgrade Problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-05 02:10 +0100
            Re: Upgrade Problem songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-01-04 23:10 +0100
      Re: Upgrade Problem Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2019-01-04 18:10 +0100
    Re: Upgrade Problem Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-01-04 18:20 +0100
      Re: Upgrade Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2019-01-04 19:00 +0100
        Re: Upgrade Problem Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-01-04 19:20 +0100
          Re: Upgrade Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2019-01-04 20:10 +0100
            Re: Upgrade Problem Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-04 22:10 +0100
            Re: Upgrade Problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-05 02:30 +0100
              Re: Upgrade Problem Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-01-05 04:20 +0100
                Re: Upgrade Problem Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2019-01-05 10:30 +0100
              Re: Upgrade Problem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-05 16:30 +0100
                Re: Upgrade Problem John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2019-01-07 04:00 +0100
                Re: Upgrade Problem mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-01-08 15:40 +0100
  Re: Upgrade Problem songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-01-04 19:30 +0100

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