On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Mike <ba600 [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > > I just finished an upgrade to my SuSE box and it broke grub, several > modules > including ext3 and video, My Laptop is now reminding me that 13.04 is > waiting > I think I'll hold off a bit I start another adventure. And I now have a > Wheezy box to play with that I used to repair the SuSE machine. > > What do people do that only have 1 machine, or does such a person exist > anymore. > I will sometimes try an update on a VM to see how it goes - virtualbox is free and works great for setting up a quick test environment. However, I have gone through so many broken / bad upgrades that I am quite used to quickly popping in a live CD, reinstalling grub and then adding in any missing modules. Those are pretty much the most common issues. I have to say though I haven't had to do that in a while, most ubuntu upgrades have been pretty seamless --Raj. > -- > Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600 > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >