On 8/19/24 15:33, Bob Mroczka wrote:
Hello,
I attempted to upgrade my system from debian 11 to 12 following the
instructions provided at
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/update-upgrade-debian-11-to-debian-12-bookworm.
I got to the point of executing the command at step 6 to do sudo apt
full-upgrade. At this point my system is in a state where I'm having
difficulty recovering from.
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I understand that in-place upgrading a FOSS computer over many years is
a source of pride for many people. I tried that, and it did not work
out for me. Since then, I have invested myself in fresh installs,
minimal sysadmin changes, thorough documentation, scripting, version
control, backup, restore, and multiple layers of redundancy. The
efforts are far more predictable and the results are far more reliable.
So, I suggest that you put a secure erased SSD into another computer
with no drives other than optical, do a fresh install of Bookworm, add
software/ configure as desired, add disks, and migrate your data.
David
