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.

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