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Hello! It's been a while since I've done any write-ups, but I thought I'd do one to (hopefully) bring a little clarity to a situation that's been causing a lot of confusion and misinformation.
I'm thinking I'll go through what the problem is and why it happens. So, I guess, let's dive in:
Some people are finding that upon updating to 17.0.0, their consoles are getting a blackscreen and refusing to boot further.
| FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 | |
| Windows XP PRO Corporate serial number S/N: Key: MQPWW-PGVKX-YPMKG-8DH3G-KC8PW | |
| windows xp home edition serial number S/N: 034634-262024-171505-828316-729010-413531-800424-400442 | |
| Windows XP 64 serial number S/N: B2RBK-7KPT9-4JP6X-QQFWM-PJD6G | |
| Windows XP serial number S/N: K6C2K-KY62K-DQR84-RD4QV-QB74Q | |
| Windows XP Professional 64-bit Corporate Edition 5.2.3790.1830 serial number S/N: VCFQD-V9FX9-46WVH-K3CD4-4J3JM | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 serial number S/N: YY8F2-3CKVQ-RKTRG-6JMDR-9DTG6 | |
| Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 sp1 serial number S/N: F46YY - 2R8VQ - R8GMY - 926VK - 6BQ73 | |
| Windows XP Pro serial number S/N: KBWR7-76BD8-J7MDQ-KKG&C-V9Q2J |
| 'use strict'; | |
| var ELIDED = '<..>'; | |
| function repr(thing, depth, max) { | |
| if (depth === undefined) { depth = 0; } | |
| if (max === undefined) { max = 2; } | |
| if (isPrim(thing)) { | |
| return showPrim(thing); |
| before backup: | |
| dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt | |
| while restoring: | |
| dpkg --clear-selections | |
| dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt | |
| aptitude install |
