Hello: I would like to upgrade my SuSE 9.1 to 9.2 using the SuSE 9.2 CD set. I can boot from CD1 and can start upgrading but the process hangs shortly after removing/copying packages. I guess the problem is that my system is not on one but two partitions. /dev/hda3 for /, and /dev/hda5 for /usr. When yast2 asks for which system/partition should be updated it offers only /dev/hda3 as suse 9.1. I don't know how I could tell yast that there is another partition for /usr. Any help would be appreciated. IG
The Monday 2005-04-04 at 21:21 +0200, Gabor Istvan wrote:
the problem is that my system is not on one but two partitions. /dev/hda3 for /, and /dev/hda5 for /usr. When yast2 asks for which system/partition should be updated it offers only /dev/hda3 as suse 9.1. I don't know how I could tell yast that there is another partition for /usr.
You will have to mount it manually, from a terminal. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
You will have to mount it manually, from a terminal.
I've checked the mounted partitions during the update from a terminal. /dev/hda3 was mounted at /mnt; /dev/hda5 was mounted at /mnt/usr. So this should be OK. But the update hangs at 6%. The system does not hang, I can change to a terminal and run commands. What should I check? Thanks, IG
Gabor Istvan wrote:
You will have to mount it manually, from a terminal.
I've checked the mounted partitions during the update from a terminal. /dev/hda3 was mounted at /mnt; /dev/hda5 was mounted at /mnt/usr. So this should be OK. But the update hangs at 6%. The system does not hang, I can change to a terminal and run commands. What should I check? Thanks, IG
I had all kinds of trouble upgrading, on the XP3000+ 64-bit laptop it started working after many attempts, don't know why. On this XP3000+ box, it just wouldn't work and I had to do a manual install without reformatting the partitions. On the P-II/333 laptop a fresh install worked. Recently a bad motherboard wrecked my hard drive, so I had to do a fresh install and it went through OK, my guess is that 9.1 to 9.2 upgrades can be a big problem. When 9.3 arrives, I'm going to clone my 9.2 drive for safety and try the upgrade on the cloned drive. If I have problems, I have my good 9.2 available and I can do a fresh install of 9.3 perhaps first as an install without reformatting the cloned drive. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
The Tuesday 2005-04-05 at 22:20 +0200, Gabor Istvan wrote:
I've checked the mounted partitions during the update from a terminal. /dev/hda3 was mounted at /mnt; /dev/hda5 was mounted at /mnt/usr. So this should be OK. But the update hangs at 6%. The system does not hang, I can change to a terminal and run commands. What should I check?
I think one of the virtual terminal shows a log, but I'm unsure. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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