On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 08:40:32 -0600 "Dr. Nicholas Shaw" <Doc at DocHarley.com> wrote: > I certainly didn't know that - thanks! > I'm not sure how many of you know this trick given it is a debian > system you can save /etc/apt/sources.list and the output of 'dpkg > --get-selections' to a MMC card, do the upgrade and then only install > manually xterm or a ssh server. > > Once logged back in as root you restore the sources.list, then do > a 'apt-get update' to load back the repositories, then do > 'dpkg --set-selections < file' to restore your application list and > in the end 'apt-get upgrade' to install them. > I've seen other methods, but none quite so simple and elegant! Thank you! -- Peter The Plumber sm on the Road
