os fail

[John R. Sowden]

On 07/10/2015 09:17 AM, compdoc wrote:
>
> > try the following in a terminal:
>
> >sudo apt-get update
>
> >sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> I think it’s a better idea to get in the habit of always running 'sudo 
> apt-get dist-upgrade'  instead, otherwise important kernel updates 
> won't get installed.
>
>
> I did the first command and sent the result to the list.  I did the 
> second command and sent its results to the list but it was stopped by 
> the list program because the file was 53k and only 40k is allowed si I 
> cancelled it to not be a pest.  it installed a lot of files, it did 
> not ask for a reboot.  I rebooted anyway.  I got the same error 
> message with the only options being report? or cancel?  no display of 
> the errors.  I alos got and have been getting for about a week since I 
> updated a new box before password entry? asking which copy of the os I 
> want to use.  the default which was created in late june, or the one 
> reated in early july. I have never seen that before.

As I use this computer for business, I am a little apprehensive about it 
not booting on me some day.
John


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