Oh No! 9.1 Partial Update -- Help?
I was trying to fix a printer problem and was distracted in the office when I was prompted to "insert the 9.1 dvd", so I dutifully did so. The problem is that my notebook is 9.0! Somehow Suse "remembered" that I had once loaded the 9.1 dvd into the drive and then aborted the upgrade. Sigh. I looked back and noted that far more than a printer driver was loading ... lots more. I know I am in trouble because when the screensaver times- in the security setting I get a message that essentially says it will not engage and require a password because the computer could not resume due to a missing something or other ... sorry, I did not write down the exact text. Is there a way to back out of the partial 9.1 load or am I committed to run the thing and hope I still have a usable notebook with my addresses, bookmarks, documents, etc. still intact and accessible? If so should I restart and see what I have or reinsert the 9.1 dvd and do an intentional upgrade? I had planned to do the upgrade Wednesday, after I backed everything up to an external usb drive. I had wanted to do a clean load vs an upgrade ... sigh. Thanks in advance! dmc -- Blessings ... dmc West Central Florida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only cowards ban free choice of religion. This E-mail was generated using SuSE 9.0 Linux & Mozilla. This PC is free of all Microsoft products. Visit: www.suse.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
dmc wrote:
I was trying to fix a printer problem and was distracted in the office when I was prompted to "insert the 9.1 dvd", so I dutifully did so.
The problem is that my notebook is 9.0!
Somehow Suse "remembered" that I had once loaded the 9.1 dvd into the drive and then aborted the upgrade. Sigh.
I looked back and noted that far more than a printer driver was loading ... lots more.
I know I am in trouble because when the screensaver times- in the security setting I get a message that essentially says it will not engage and require a password because the computer could not resume due to a missing something or other ... sorry, I did not write down the exact text.
Is there a way to back out of the partial 9.1 load or am I committed to run the thing and hope I still have a usable notebook with my addresses, bookmarks, documents, etc. still intact and accessible?
If so should I restart and see what I have or reinsert the 9.1 dvd and do an intentional upgrade?
I had planned to do the upgrade Wednesday, after I backed everything up to an external usb drive. I had wanted to do a clean load vs an upgrade ... sigh.
Thanks in advance! dmc
It is worse than it first appeared. I cannot use the Home icon on the desktop, nor get to Terminal. I get tons of errors trying to access the memory card from the desktop icon, though it does eventually get me to Konqueror with a sda1 folder icon. What a mess! -- Blessings ... dmc West Central Florida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only cowards ban free choice of religion. This E-mail was generated using SuSE 9.0 Linux & Mozilla. This PC is free of all Microsoft products. Visit: www.suse.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Monday 21 June 2004 12:54, dmc wrote:
It is worse than it first appeared. I cannot use the Home icon on the desktop, nor get to Terminal. I get tons of errors trying to access the memory card from the desktop icon, though it does eventually get me to Konqueror with a sda1 folder icon.
What a mess!
I'm not an expert by far but cannot you just restart with the SUSE 9.1 CD in the slot and upgrade? I upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and had no problems at all. AAMOF I have only done upgrades since 7.0. -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
Bill Wisse wrote:
On Monday 21 June 2004 12:54, dmc wrote:
It is worse than it first appeared. I cannot use the Home icon on the desktop, nor get to Terminal. I get tons of errors trying to access the memory card from the desktop icon, though it does eventually get me to Konqueror with a sda1 folder icon.
What a mess!
I'm not an expert by far but cannot you just restart with the SUSE 9.1 CD in the slot and upgrade?
I upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and had no problems at all. AAMOF I have only done upgrades since 7.0.
I was hoping I had the option to back out and to do the upgrade when I was not in a work-related mission-critical mode -- I am off Wed. and the balance of the week so I have time for this -- sigh. Oh well, unless I hear otherwise real soon, here goes! -- Blessings ... dmc West Central Florida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only cowards ban free choice of religion. This E-mail was generated using SuSE 9.0 Linux & Mozilla. This PC is free of all Microsoft products. Visit: www.suse.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
dmc wrote:
Bill Wisse wrote:
On Monday 21 June 2004 12:54, dmc wrote:
It is worse than it first appeared. I cannot use the Home icon on the desktop, nor get to Terminal. I get tons of errors trying to access the memory card from the desktop icon, though it does eventually get me to Konqueror with a sda1 folder icon.
What a mess!
I'm not an expert by far but cannot you just restart with the SUSE 9.1 CD in the slot and upgrade?
I upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and had no problems at all. AAMOF I have only done upgrades since 7.0.
I was hoping I had the option to back out and to do the upgrade when I was not in a work-related mission-critical mode -- I am off Wed. and the balance of the week so I have time for this -- sigh.
Oh well, unless I hear otherwise real soon, here goes!
The 9.1 upgrade should leave everything intact as far as your data files are concerned. It does remove some programs, e.g here it removed cooledit and a few others which I've since reinstalled. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer ===== LINUX ONLY USED HERE =====
On 21.06.04,19:48, dmc wrote:
I was trying to fix a printer problem and was distracted in the office when I was prompted to "insert the 9.1 dvd", so I dutifully did so.
The problem is that my notebook is 9.0!
Somehow Suse "remembered" that I had once loaded the 9.1 dvd into the drive and then aborted the upgrade. Sigh.
I looked back and noted that far more than a printer driver was loading ... lots more.
I know I am in trouble because when the screensaver times- in the security setting I get a message that essentially says it will not engage and require a password because the computer could not resume due to a missing something or other ... sorry, I did not write down the exact text.
Is there a way to back out of the partial 9.1 load or am I committed to run the thing and hope I still have a usable notebook with my addresses, bookmarks, documents, etc. still intact and accessible?
If so should I restart and see what I have or reinsert the 9.1 dvd and do an intentional upgrade?
I had planned to do the upgrade Wednesday, after I backed everything up to an external usb drive. I had wanted to do a clean load vs an upgrade ... sigh.
You can run Knoppix to make a backup of all your important data, and
then do a clean install or an upgrade after that.
http://www.knoppix.net
- Jostein
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Jostein Berntsen
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