(In reply to Martin Vidner from comment #5) > > B-up (back-up) is only used when I want to run a back-up. Should I plug in the USB and try again ? > > I suspect connecting the device will make the upgrade succeed. Definitely > worth trying. > > Ah, I see. Also, man 5 fstab says: > > nofail do not report errors for this device if it does not exist. > > Apparently we should take a hint from that option :-/ Yes that setting was the suggestion of the back-up people of Software AG as before that it did "nag" quite a bit. I do have another physical host with a very similar file systems but no B-up. I'll run the UPDATE and there, which I was going to do until I saw the issue on Sunday... I#ll let you know how that runs. __R