Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (420 mails)

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Sid Boyce wrote:
>
> > Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
> > > Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2007 Andreas Jaeger:
> > > > Wolfgang Woehl <tito@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > > > Would I have to remove repositories like factory or opensuse xgl
> > > > > beforehand?
> > > > Remove factory, otherwise you will update to head of factory instead of
> > > > 10.3 final.  Take care that you use the xgl 10.3 repository - and then
> > > > it should work...
> > > >
> > > > You can use "zypper update -t package" as well.
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > > Note these are "unsupported" ways to update which have not really been
> > > > tested,
> > > Are there supported ways?
> > Someone else's luck may vary, but I have upgraded 3 x86_64 boxes by that
> > method, 1 from 10.2 and the other 2 from Beta2.
> > Regards
> > Sid.
>
> I updated a x86_64 from alpha6 to gm by booting from DVD and choosing 
> update. This left grub in a state, where it does not boot and I couldn't 
> repair with Rescue System and Repair from the DVD. This is probably caused 
> by the fact, that I used xfs as / and have no separate /boot.

All my systems are configured that way, but with ext3 and reiserfs. I
did have a similar problem with grub after I removed a failing IDE drive
and booted off a new SATA one.
I was pointed here and to the Ubuntu wiki by guys on the list
http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/08/17/restoring-grub, hopefully this will
provide a solution to your grub problem.
Regards
Sid.
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