[Typo3-debian] Debian stable version 3.1 --> apt-get update & apt-get dist-upgrade

[Jordan van Bergen]

Hi All,

Christian explained:

>In any case it's good to have at least 1-2h left for fixing problems after
>upgrading. :-)

So in my case I was preparing myself for 3 hours of fixing ;-) but it's 
becoming more like 3 days I'm afraid ;-(((( what has happened?

Upgraded woody stable to the new stable debian version 3.1 (sarge) using:

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

250+ packages upgraded. Lot of questions to be answered. After 30 minutes or 
so it was upgraded and still functioning (not all packages but the server 
was still working ;-). I had connection using SSH, even after a restart of 
the ssh daemon.

Just to make sure the distribution upgrade to the new stable debian was okay 
I did a reboot (shutdown -r now).

Now the system is stuck on LILO. I see LI on the screen and after this 
nothing happens. So probably lilo is configured in such a way that the boot 
partition doesn't work or so.

Can anyone please explain how to get into a system that's not running 
anymore after a distribution upgrade and a hang in LILO when booting? how to 
make sure the harddisc will boot Debian linux again without reuning 
everything that's on the harddisc?

Hope anyone can help me with the lilo problem. It's not typo3 related but 
still.......

Regards

Jordan van Bergen
jordanvanbergen at gmail.com