Topic: problem with sme booting up

[cactus]

I am running linksys nic's and I have one in my own personal sme and it picks it up fine. What do you mean it should not override it should I choose that option?
The only option I see available to me is to do sme rescue, but that doesn't let me recofigure my system.
How do we get around the fact that sme keeps on looking for the old card

Just type sme followed by enter, it will start searching for current installations...

[lional]

When it finds the installation I get the option to upgrade. I chose this selection, then it runs the post installation script. am I right so far

[cactus]

When it finds the installation I get the option to upgrade. I chose this selection, then it runs the post installation script. am I right so far

Yes, AFAIK you are, are you prompted to do configuration after that, like you have done on initial installation?

[lional]

how long does the post installation script run for. It has been about 15 minutes give or take

[cactus]

how long does the post installation script run for. It has been about 15 minutes give or take

It depends, I have an old server, low CPU, little memory, where it runs for 20 minutes or so...

[lional]

Is this dependent on what apps are installed on the server, data etc

[lional]

I think the upgrade is hanging. Is a re-installation my on;ly option left

[cactus]

I think the upgrade is hanging. Is a re-installation my on;ly option left

I would try the bugtracker first, the devs (experts) are in there... perhaps they have some clues.

[lional]

is that the bugzilla link on the home page

[cactus]

is that the bugzilla link on the home page

Yes: http://bugs.contribs.org

[lional]

I have loaded 2 hard drives into my sme. The idea is to copy the data to my sme server, do a fresh installation and then copy the data back to the server. the drives came up as hdd which is my sme disk, and hdc which is the sme that is giving me such a hard time.
How do I see hdc so that i can copy the ibays and my pervasive data to hdd

Thanks

Lional

[lional]

is there an app that will allow me to view a sme drive on a windows machine

[cactus]

is there an app that will allow me to view a sme drive on a windows machine

Nope, but do a search in the forums, I believe this topic has come up before.

[Frank VB]

is there an app that will allow me to view a sme drive on a windows machine

Maybe explore2fs (http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs-old.htm) is the tool you're looking for. I use it to handle my backups on USB disk formatted with the ext3 file system.

[lional]

Thanks frankvb
Thats just what I've been looking for

Lional