[geeks] Ubuntu 9.10 (was Re: The illusion of Windows 7)

[Phil Stracchino]

gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 01:37:13PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> So ... the Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade on Cymru's laptop last night failed.
>> However, I don't think it was Ubuntu's fault; looks like the power cord
>> got partly dislodged from the power adapter, and nobody noticed.  Either
>> way, the laptop isn't bootable today.
> 
> If you boot from a "live" CD, it should continue the upgrade and leave you
> with a bootable system.

Well, since I'm at this moment booting it from an xubuntu 9.10 live CD,
I'll try that  :)

*crosses fingers*


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