[ubuntu-nz] Upgrade to 7.04 gone to sleep

[Andrew McMillan]

On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 19:52 +1200, Tim Hughes wrote:
> I am upgrading from Edgy 6.10 (fully updated) to Feisty using the
> alternate cd.  
> 
> After 2 hours the process is unchanging at:
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-generic.  
> (I have taken 2 screenshots but they make this post too big when
> attached.) 
> 
> CAN ANYONE PLS SEE A NON-HARMFUL WAY TO UNLOCK THIS SITUATION BEFORE I
> SHUTDOWN THIS DESKTOP SYSTEM  ?????

In a situation like this you should have multiple kernels installed, so
even if the update to 2.6.17 is not working correctly you will be able
to choose a previous (working :-) kernel at your next boot.

When you do so the initrd image may well be buildable after a reboot.

You can confirm that you do have multiple kernels installed with a
command like "dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image-", or by looking
in /boot/grub/menu.lst for what kernel entries are present in the boot
menu.

Hope this helps,
					Andrew McMillan.