Upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04 LTS (BORKED)

[Alan Pope]

On 13 September 2010 09:48, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13 September 2010 09:42, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
>> On 13 September 2010 09:39, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What is your suggestion for rescuing a b0rked system that will not upgrade?
>>>
>>
>> Take it to someone to fix, or let someone remotely login and fix it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Al.
>
> Bit late for #2. #1 is an option but that often involves paying money, alas.
>

0. Find someone willing to remotely login
1. Boot live cd.
2. Install openssh-server in live environment
3. Create a new user in live environment
4. ssh -R to setup a reverse ssh tunnel to the person willing to help

then..

5. Helper ssh's in over that connection and mounts up the local
filesystem, uses 'magic' (dpkg, vi, grub-install) to fix

Would that not work?

> As a sometime professional fixer of broken computers, I live in fear
> of the nightmare spectre of the "friend who knows about computers and
> had a look at it for me..."
>

Heh, I know that feeling.

Cheers,
Al.