sudo update - sudo safe-upgrade

[Steven Vollom]

On Thursday 06 August 2009 04:14:46 pm Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > Is it possible to update and safe-upgrade my computer while using my Live
> > CD?
> >
> > Steven
>
> I would think so.
> For this you will need to start the PC from the Live CD and
> then chroot to the hard disk partition where your system
> resides.
> Unfortunately, although it is easy to do, IMHO it is not
> trivial.
>
> See man chroot for more details.
>
> Kind regards
> Eberhard


I hope your vacation was a great time.  I just ran the command from the point 
where the system stops in the boot process.  I ran update and safe-upgrade and 
it did not fix the problem, so I entered the command sudo apt-get install 
kubuntu-desktop.  When I restarted, the computer was fixed.  No loss of 
configuration or third party applications.  Everything was perfect again.

I suppose I will never know what caused the problem, but the cure sure was 
slick.  Glad to have you back.  My love to the family.

Steven