Re: can't access public nic

John Hughes escribió:
> Sergi Barroso wrote:
>> Downgrading udev don't load old rules version, the solution is don't 
>> delete it.
>>
>>   
> Well, the problem is both simpler and harder than I thought.
>
> In my instructions I have:
>
> ...
>
>    1. As we're going to downgrade udev we must zap all rules our old
>       version isn't smart enough to handle:
>       rm /etc/udev/rules.d/*
>           
>    2. As we're going to remove the running kernel we must modprobe all
>       modules needed to build the initrd or we won't be able to make a
>       bootable system (*don't forget this or you'll be stuck with an
>       unbootable system*):
>       modprobe loop
>       modprobe ext2
>           
>   3.
>       apt-get dist-upgrade
>           
>       At this point you will be warned that the running kernel will be
>       removed.  This is because of a necessary downgrade of udev. 
>       Allow it to happen.
>
>       :-(  Warning - your system is unbootable starting from this point.
>
> But, in fact,udev *is not* downgraded when we do the apt-get 
> dist-upgrade.  It looks like apt has been modified to use the same 
> algorithm as aptitude and not consider downgrades when we ask it to 
> upgrade.
>
> An extra step has to be added, before the "apt-get dist-upgrade" we 
> need a "apt-get install udev" which will force the install of our old 
> version of udev.
>
> There is still a problem with the creation of the rules.d directory, 
> but at least that should get things working better.
>
>
>
ok, cool! as easy as this :D

Thanks John, I'll try it on friday....

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