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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 8.x => Topic started by: ramasule on October 06, 2012, 07:41:11 AM
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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 :P
Thanks,
Ram
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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 ?
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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
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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.
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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
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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 That assumes that there is only one rpm out of date, which is far from certain.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?
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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
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Oh Ramasule, you know just enough to be dangerous.
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ramasule
Search the forums on grub as there are numerous answers existing that may help you. Take the time to read through them.
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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 :P
Ram
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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.
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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 :P
do you have a backup?
if so:
- reinstall your server with SME8 using usbdisk
- restore your backup
- install all the contribs you need
- 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
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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
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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
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Well then,
Guess I will be investing in a NAS.
Any recommendations?
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Well then,
Guess I will be investing in a NAS.
I don't see how that will solve your failure to boot or upgrade problems. And I can see how it would give you a new set of problems to solve.
Any recommendations?
Fix your problem by installing an up-to-date e-smith-base rpm. :-)
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no no no, I have fixed the problems! :D
I'm just planning for the future now. Was thinking about either off-site backup or backup in a safe in-case of theft / fire.
The grub post I did a while back fixed all problems lickity split.
I now have no problems, well, I now have normal day to day problems.
Thank you,
Ram
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ramasule
Minimally you should have two backup disks & rotate (or swap) them daily or weekly depending how critical the preservation of your data is. Remove one of the backups off site regularly to cater for the fire or theft worse case scenario.
Do a full backup and then daily incrementals in between for efficient space usage.
The built in backup to workstation or Affa contrib (either to a connected USB) should work OK, although I find Affa handles daily USB disk swaps with less restore hassles re backup set number continuity etc.
Alternatively Affa or rdiff backup offsite via Internet works OK, as long as you do not have huge (ie Gb's) of data changes every day (which take too long to backup across remote internet connections every day).
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no no no, I have fixed the problems! :D
Then please edit the thread subject to say "SOLVED" and tell people how you solved the problem, in case they see that problem themselves.
Please start a new thread with new Subject for new topics of discussion.
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Sorry Charlie about the [SOLVED]
Grub>
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
root (hd1,0)
setup (hd1)
root (hd2,0)
setup (hd2)
root (hd3,0)
setup (hd3)
Signal-Event Post-Upgrade
Signal-Event Reboot
Note I have 4 hd's and they are in RAID 1 with the first sector for /boot otherwise you would just set up 1 drive.