[sf-lug] Fwd: Re: external usb hard drive

[Alex Kleider]

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--- Alex Kleider <a_kleider at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:04:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Alex Kleider <a_kleider at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] external usb hard drive
> To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>, sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> 
> 
> --- Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes and no.  
> > 
> > 1.  You shouldn't try pulling binary packages from testing/unstable
> > onto
> > a Debian-stable system.  That is a classic error and can screw up
> > your
> > system very badly. 
>         ........
> > [1] Not to put too fine a point on it, that is one of the biggest
> > reasons I included http://www.debianhelp.org/node/8346 in my
> earlier 
> > post -- which among other things would have told you why your
> > backports
> > approach isn't going to be sufficient in this case.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the advice, Rick: I really thought I was close to the 
> solution and put off reading the reference in my enthusiasm for 
> getting on with solving the problem- bad decision on my part.
> 
>  
> alex
> 
> a_kleider at yahoo.com
> 
> 
>      
>
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