Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Should I not be able to run Yast in the rescue system? I logon as root type yast (or yast2) and I get a bash -command not found.
Bob S
Bob, After having been through something similar with updates that rendered a system unbootable and needing to use the rescue function on the dvd, here is the short version for gaining full access, including yast, to the broken system: (1) boot from the install DVD (2) choose "Rescue System", login as "root" (no password needed) (3) look at "cat /proc/partitions" to determine which partitions need to be mounted under /mnt to create a chroot environment of your full original system. (the default install will require '/' and '/home' to be mounted). You should be able to tell by the relative sizes of the partitions which partition is / and which is /home. You may also need to look at "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" for disk by-id mappings if you run into any trouble. (4) "mount" the partitions under /mnt, then "bind" dev/, proc/ and sys/ and chroot /mnt. (your '/' partition will be '/mnt' after you complete all mounts and before you chroot /mnt) **Note: mount the / partition first otherwise the mount point for /home will not exist yet. _Example_ with '/'=/dev/sda6 and '/home'=/dev/sda7: mount /dev/sda6 /mnt [** Note: at this point you can check /mnt/etc/fstab for the original devices and mount points used and unmount/adjust if necessary] continuing: mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/home mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys cd /mnt chroot /mnt (5) Now you can run yast and everything else you need to fix your system (6) After you are done, type "exit" to exit the chroot environment and then "reboot". If all went well, you are done. If not, repeat steps 1-6 above and take another stab at it. This was all Greek to me until Joe Morris lent a hand to help explain the process of creating the chroot environment. It all works just the way it is supposed to. As always BACKUP what you can't afford to lose. Good luck! -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org