[ubuntu-uk] System hosed during network upgrade to 8.10

[Tim Powys-Lybbe]

In message of 1 Nov, David King <linuxman at avoura.com> wrote:

> I intend to run the 8.10 version in a virtual machine first. Always best 
> to test a new system before deploying it live. However, not many people 
> are seeding the Ubuntu 8.10 AMD64 DVD, which I am downloading via 
> bittorrent from LinuxTracker.org.

I have installed it as an upgrade to 8.04 64 bit (from a CDROM).  What I
cannot find is any indication of what I have got, whether it is a 32bit
for x86s or 64bit.  It works anyhow and no significant problems to date.

The insignificant problem is that I have installed it in a VMWare
virtual machine (Fusion version 2 on a Mac) and when I shut down any
version (32bit or 64bit) of Ubuntu 8,10, they hang in the terminal just
before the final instruction to close down the virtual machine.  I can
type in the terminal window but no command that I've though of will do
anything.

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