On May 20, 2025, Steve Matzura wrote: > After a year in storage, I'm trying to get a version 11 system back online. > I connected it to power and network, then booted it. Interestingly, it > appeared on my network not at the address it had when it went into storage, > but one given it by my local DHCP server. The console scrolled, but not to > completion, Speakup didn't start, and I cannot log in from the console. I > have a couple applications on that system, including Asterisk version 20 > with its configuration files, but the system is unusable as it stands. The > questions are, repair Debian 11 or or replace with Debian 12, and how do i > reclaim those all-important configuration files from Asterisk and other > applications? Can I try mounting the boot drive in WSL on another machine, > or possibly inspect it with a running Debian system booted from the > installation medium?
I don't know about WSL's capabilities. I'd just boot off any distro live image (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, whatever) and pull off the important stuff. -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860
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