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On Monday 30 January 2006 10:17, a tiny voice compelled Fredrik Lundgren to |
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write: |
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> Well, |
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> |
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> a local Gentoo-guru fixed the problem with etc-update. So the failure to |
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> appears to have been there. As, a newbie I could use some subtantial |
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> advice where, when, and how ect-update should be used (there were 80 |
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> config files to take care of) - although when I failed I wasn't even |
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> aware of the problem. |
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> |
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> Fredrik |
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> |
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> ----- Original Message ----- |
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> From: "Richard Fish" <bigfish@××××××××××.org> |
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> To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o> |
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> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:27 AM |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ... fails to open device '/dev/hda2' after |
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> update |
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> |
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> > On 1/28/06, Fredrik Lundgren <fredrik.bg.lundgren@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> >> * checking root filesystem ... |
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> >> Failed to open the device '/dev/hda2': No such file or directory |
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> >> * Filesystem couldn't be fixed: (Give root password for maintenance |
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> >> (or Control D to continue):_ |
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> >> --- |
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> >> Either this wasn't the problem or I mixed up the correction somehow. |
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> >> It |
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> >> appears as if |
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> >> the bootprocess sets the filesystem to be inaccesible? |
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> > |
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> > Can you post some of the messages that appear before this point? |
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> > |
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> > -Richard |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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When an emerge is complete, portage leaves you a message just before it |
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returns to the prompt. The message will say that there are x number of files |
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in /etc that need updating. |
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# etc-update |
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Will return a list of files that need attention. selecting a file from the |
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list shows differences between the new config file and the old one. |
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generally, files that you haven't manually changed yourself can be safely |
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updated to the newer version. Again, most of the time, for files that you |
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have modified yourself, it is safe to retain your old file after checking to |
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see if there are new features you might want. |
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You will notice that there are several options for accepting the new files. |
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One of them is "-5" which will accept all of the new files without any |
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further action on yout part. This is VERY dangerous! If you're not very sure |
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what you're doing, don't use that option. |
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-- |
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Regards, Ernie |
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