Topic: Unable to boot after updating 8.0b4 to 8.0 release [SOLVED]

[ramasule]

Hello,
I opened a bug but it was closed as it is most likely a one off and not important to the development of this awesome software.

Any ways, after updating from 8.0b4 to 8.0 I recieve this error after booting

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /sbin/e-smith/bootstrap-console line 45
Bareword "esmith::ethernet::listDrivers" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm line 205.
Compilation failed in require at /sbin/e-smith/bootstrap-console line 45.

it keeps looping while the os is loading.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I'm not afraid to butcher anything at this point I just need someone to help me put a knife in my hand

Thanks,

Ram

[janet]

ramasule

Can you install sme 8.0 final release onto the same hardware, ie without doing an upgrade or restore from backup, so you end up with a clean install of sme 8.0 only ?

This will assist to diagnose whether this is a hardware issue or an upgrade issue or a base OS issue.

Also what is the bug number ?

[ramasule]

I won't be able to reinstall for almost a month.  My portable cd drive is somewhere else and I am going back to work for a bit (I work out of town)

Bug number is 7122

[CharlieBrady]

it keeps looping while the os is loading.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Your system is not fully updated. Use c-a-d to reboot, and upgrade via CDROM.

[ramasule]

Is there anyway I can do this without the CDROM?  I need my portable drive and I cannot get it for a month.

Thank you for your time.

Ram

[CharlieBrady]

Is there anyway I can do this without the CDROM?

Boot the system single user, mount a USB stick and install the rpm from there. That assumes that there is only one rpm out of date, which is far from certain.

A USB DVD drive costs, what $30?

[ramasule]

I am unable to get a cdrom (location)

Anyways,

I loaded the image onto a usbhhd, made it bootable with syslinux, ran the installer, it saw I had a previous install and I chose to update.

Upon updating I reboot and now I have just a prompt with

grub>


Any help here?
or
If I need to just clean install is there a way to preserve my ibays? (I don't care about my server config)

Thanks,

Ram

[ramasule]

Oh Ramasule, you know just enough to be dangerous.

[janet]

ramasule

Search the forums on grub as there are numerous answers existing that may help you. Take the time to read through them.

[ramasule]

Alright I got limping along using
Grub>
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
root (hd1,0)
setup (hd1)
root (hd2,0)
setup (hd2)
root (hd3,0)
setup (hd3)

reboot

note my system is raid 0 for boot and raid 5 for /

I would still like to know if it is possible to clean install without touching /home though or should I go invest in some large usb drives

Ram

[CharlieBrady]

note my system is raid 0 for boot and raid 5 for /

I doubt it. raid0 makes no sense for boot.

I would still like to know if it is possible to clean install without touching /home though

It's not. /home is not on a separate file system.

[Stefano]

I would still like to know if it is possible to clean install without touching /home though or should I go invest in some large usb drives

do you have a backup?
if so:
- reinstall your server with SME8 using usbdisk
- restore your backup
- install all the contribs you need
-

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signal-event post-upgrade
signal-event reboot

you're done

please, be sure your new installation is fully functional (i.e. boot successfully) before restoring your data; refer to http://wiki.contribs.org/InstallationFromUSBstick

HTH

[ramasule]

Sorry Charlie was right it is Raid 1 (got them mixed up).

Stefano: the backup backs up /home though right?  I was looking for some way to clean install without loosing partitions/data on my raid 5 array.  It is large 3x1tb +1hotswap raid 5. 

Is it possible to make a /backup on the same array move /home to /backup and then do a clean install? 

Anyway everything appears to be working (no errors in logs) thank you all for your time,

Ram

[Stefano]

Is it possible to make a /backup on the same array move /home to /backup and then do a...

no

backup must be done externally
a clean install will wipe your disks

[ramasule]

Well then,
Guess I will be investing in a NAS.

Any recommendations?