Upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04 LTS (BORKED)

[Liam Proven]

On 13 September 2010 09:53, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> 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?

Good plan. Never tried it and not sure I'd know how to rescue a
half-installed box, myself, but it is a good plan.

>> 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.

:¬)

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