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Re: [LUG] The disc drive for / is not ready yet or not present

 

On 2 September 2012 17:09, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 02/09/12 15:27, Martijn Grooten wrote:
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:14 PM, tom wrote:
It should be 'recoverable'
Try
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get -f upgrade
sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot
Do you mean I should run all these commands in this order?

I've run most of them, and they fail because there is no network.

I've since found it is possible to upgrade using a DVD as a source, so
I'm now downloading a DVD for me to burn later. I may end up deciding
to back-up my home directory and do a fresh install -- which is a bit
of a pain, but perhaps not such a bad idea, given the general state of
the install.

Thanks

Martijn.

I should add that one of my Ubuntu upgrades borked - they seem to be getting sloppy and not making things 'safe'. I had to do a fresh install and copy user stuff over and many things still do not work properly.
Tom te tom te tom


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I had the same experience, one machine was fine and the other did this. I don't think I've ever been lucky with distribution upgrades though.
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