Need some suggestions on a borked upgrade

[Jeffry Smith]

Just realized my phone's autocratic borked my directions.   It's "pmount"
not "point"

Jeff
On May 10, 2015 10:04 PM, "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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