On 2013-11-21 23:55 (GMT+0100) Stephen Berman composed:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:23:42 +0100 cagsm wrote:
Stephen Berman wrote:
Today I updated from 12.3 to 13.1 using the DVD from box but I cannot boot using the default 13.1 kernel. Here are the details: 12.3 was installed on /dev/sdb6. I cloned it to /dev/sdb7 as a backup and ran the update on /dev/sdb6. The update appeared to complete
About those /dev/sdXY names: I havent seen those in ages with my setups of openSuSE. Isnt this supposed to be the newer way to write device and storage names e.g. /dev/disk/by-id/...... and similar? Maybe dev/sdXY isnt supported any more everywhere in all parts of the scripts, update parts and so on? Good luck.
I used /dev/sdb6 and /dev/sdb7 in my OP for simplicity and brevity; the actual entries in /etc/fstab and the system log are /dev/disk/by-id/...-part6 and /dev/disk/by-id/...-part7. However, /etc/mtab does contain /dev/sdb6 and /dev/sdb7 instead. Is this unexpected (and if so, how do I change it)?
What does can't boot mean exactly? Is the Grub menu working OK? Is the prior kernel there and working OK? Failsafe (nomodeset) boot stanza is no help? Are the boot menu entries on both sda6 and sda7 correct? Ditto fstabs? Did you assign new UUID to either sda6 or sda7 to ensure no trouble due to duplicates? Do both sda6 and sda7 share the same volume label? Any difference if you use device name or by-label instead of by-id in the Grub stanza or fstab? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org