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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 8.x => Topic started by: Paperguides on July 23, 2012, 12:07:23 AM

Title: upgrade to 8.0 failed. - [Solved]
Post by: Paperguides on July 23, 2012, 12:07:23 AM

I attempted to upgrade my serve from 7.6 to 8.0 this afternoon and all appeared to go OK until reboot time.  On reboot I could not reconnect.  The server allowed me to login and on reviewing the message log I found:

FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.9-55.0.2/ELsmp/module.dep   no such file or directory

The message was repeated and then there was a message regarding the network and unexpected MAC address.

There are no files in directory /lib/modules/2.6.9-55.0.2/ELsmp  but the is another directory /2.6.18-308.4.1.el5PAE with the required module.

I'm now lost.  Where do I go from here?

TIA,

Tony

Title: Re: upgrade to 8.0 failed.
Post by: chris burnat on July 23, 2012, 12:58:33 AM

Quote from: Paperguides on July 23, 2012, 12:07:23 AM

I'm now lost.  Where do I go from here?

To the Bugtracker where you can open a new bug.
Thanks.

Title: Re: upgrade to 8.0 failed.
Post by: Paperguides on July 23, 2012, 09:16:34 AM

Bug 7046  raised.

I need to get this server going again.  Any pointers?

Title: Re: upgrade to 8.0 failed.
Post by: chris burnat on July 23, 2012, 09:34:36 AM

Quote from: Paperguides on July 23, 2012, 09:16:34 AM

Bug 7046  raised.

I need to get this server going again.  Any pointers?

Please follow up at Bugzilla, do not make any changes to your server so that the Devs can track down your problem.
Thanks.

Title: Re: upgrade to 8.0 failed.
Post by: Paperguides on July 23, 2012, 10:45:39 AM

Noted.  Will (not) do.

Thanks for your prompt responses.

Title: Re: upgrade to 8.0 failed. - [Solved]
Post by: Paperguides on July 24, 2012, 10:48:15 PM

This turned out to be due to the failure of the 'hardware' raid on my server.

Moral of the story  DO NOT, under ANY circumstances,  use any BIOS based raid array.  aka "Intel Embedded Server RAID"   The raid in SME works much better and is safer.

See:
http://joshua.hoblitt.com/rtfm/2012/04/how_to_disable_intelr_embedded_server_raid_technology_ii/

My thanks to Charlie and Chris for all their help