[Malvern] apt-get dist-upgrade - Part 2

[Richard Forster]

Darren Beale wrote:
> SO...I then go take a bath, finish off pickling a load of onions and
> have my tea.
> 
> When I get back I figure I'll just reboot the machine to check.
> 
> After POST the reboot gets no further that 'LI' then hangs.
> 
> Rich, take that grin off your face *right* now.
Moi?

I don't know whether to laugh because you were spot on or commiserate. 
Now I've had my share of failed to boots so I know thy pain. One was due 
to a proper disk crash, the kind that makes mechanical crunchy noises. 
The machine didn't actually crash when it lost the disk with /home and 
swap on, I could still use Afterstep[1], just couldn't save any files or 
reboot.

What did you say at Geoff's about machines that would run OK but 
wouldn't reboot.

Cheers

Rick

[1] You can guess how long ago this was. I'll never get those 0.00033 TB 
back.