Need some suggestions on a borked upgrade

[Bruce Labitt]

Thanks.  Will try tomorrow.

Bruce 

Please excuse any typos, sent by my iPhone.

> On May 10, 2015, at 22:04, Jeffry Smith <jsmith at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> Run "ls /dev/sd*" before & after inserting stick.   Then "point /dev/sd<new disk>"
> 
> Will show up in /media
> 
> Jeff
> 
>> On May 10, 2015 9:42 PM, "Bruce Labitt" <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>> Ok.  Seemed to have lost the ability to log into x.
>> 
>> I can login.  I ran the command and it created the log file.  How do you mount a usb stick when you don't know its name?  Then I can copy the file.
>> 
>> It's getting to the point of removing the drive, copying /home and doing a new installation.  
>> 
>> Bruce 
>> 
>>> On May 10, 2015, at 21:17, Jeffry Smith <jsmith at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The -f flag tells apt to try and fix errors.
>>> 
>>> I run Debian. Sometimes either "apt-get -f install" works.  Also,  running "dpkg --configure -a" (which tells dpkg to try & configure all the partially installed packages) will unbork it.  Without seeing the exact error,  I also can't give you better advice.
>>> 
>>>> On May 10, 2015 9:08 PM, "David Rysdam" <david at rysdam.org> wrote:
>>>> Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at hackerposse.com> writes:
>>>> > Can you run "apt-get install -f 2>&1 | tee apt-errors.log"
>>>> 
>>>> OT, but why not just:
>>>> 
>>>>     apt-get install > apt-errors.log 2>&1
>>>> 
>>>> ?
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