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From: Stan Hoeppner on 26 Jun 2010 23:10
Charles Blair put forth on 6/26/2010 8:35 AM:
> I tried to upgrade to lenny using an ethernet connection. The
> process stopped when the monitor displayed "trying to update portmap 5-26"
>
> After a few minutes, I pressed control-C and the upgrade seemed to
> continue. The resulting system seems to work, but when I try to use
> aptitude to get new software, it again freezes with a complaint about
> portmap. Perhaps related, it says I need to install "nfs-common".
>
> I read that portmap has something to do with RCS servers. I don't
> know what that is!
>
> Thanks for patience with questions from an unelightened user.


First, copying/pasting the exact error messages would be of great help to us,
so we can then help you.

Is this a workstation or a server? Does it run an NFS client or NFS server?
Can you give us a brief history of this machine, what it's used for?

What happens when you execute "aptitude install nfs-common"? If you get an
error, please paste it here, in its entirety.

What happens when you execute "aptitude install portmap"? If you get an
error, please paste it here, in its entirety.


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Stan


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