On 9/18/05, Tom Marble <tmarble at info9.net> wrote: > Debian Gurus: > > I'm trying to upgrade libc6 in my UML session at Real-Time > from libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 to libc6_2.3.5-6 but this never > completes successfully. > > I understand that upgrading libc6 is "pulling the rug" out > from under sshd and it's understandable that my ssh connection > is getting closed. I've tried to start this upgrade as a > background process with (alternatively): > > apt-get -q -y install libc6 > /tmp/apt.log 2>&1 & > apt-get -q -y -f install > /tmp/install.log 2>&1 & > dpkg -i libc6_2.3.5-6_i386.deb > /tmp/dpkg.log 2>&1 & this wont work, since when SSH disconnects, your terminal goes away. Backgrounding a process dosnt detach it from the terminal. > Is there a way to perform this upgrade when getting to a real > console or even a serial port is not a possibility? Take a look at screen. It will let you truely leave a session detached. -- Jay Kline http://www.slushpupie.com/