On Wednesday 07 June 2006 18:36, Peter wrote:
It wasn't a good idea to try upgrading a broken system, Peter, particularly when the original cause of the breakage was unknown.
Well, there didn't appear to be much of an alternative ...
The preferred solution would have been to investigate the source of the original problem until you found and corrected it. Then you could have repaired the installed system and either used it as before or upgraded it. Now I suspect there's a 'hybrid' *broken_9.3->partial_10.0* system in place that might not repair using either of the install CD's.
Do you have data on that system you'd like to preserve? Do you have current backups? I think you're headed for a reinstall.
I'll try again tomorrow. If it fails I'll try to rescue anything I can, but there's not much I can't replace - it's just a nuisance.
It's a good thing none of your data is at risk. It'd be a really good idea to find the cause of the original problem so it doesn't rear it's ugly head again regardless of the version you install. One thing you definitely want to keep an eye on is how much free disk space you've got. I once had a system completely fall over and irretrievably trash the filesystem because it ran out of room when I was editing a huge photo gallery in The GIMP. By the time I figured out what was going on it was too late. I had backups, fortunately, and only the '/' filesystem was affected. good luck! Carl -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com