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On 07/03/12 17:16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 03/07/12 21:35, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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>> Am 03.07.2012 20:00, schrieb David Kuhl: |
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>>> I'm so stuck with this Gentoo laptop. It started with a standard |
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>>> update which was the first in three months. Then when the X didn't |
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>>> run due to xorg-server getting upgraded, the 3.3.8 gen kernel was |
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>>> suppose to be built with KSM. That failed due to mkfs_ext2.h. The a |
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>>> beta of genkernel was used and which built the kernel and initramfs, |
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>>> but the rest of the machine looks like it's gone. All the LVM2 |
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>>> partitions are broke: /home /var /opt /usr. What's the best way to |
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>>> get this back without loosing the system? Thanks |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> Step one: Do a full disk backup. Boot to a live-CD, then back everything |
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>> up with dd or -- if available -- ddrescue. |
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>> Step two: ... |
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> ... install Ubuntu (or one of its spin-offs.) Having a laptop with |
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> Gentoo that wasn't updated for months looks to me like the wrong usage |
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> case for Gentoo. If you want periods of several months of base package |
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> stability, you do not use a rolling-release distro. With Gentoo you |
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> need to update often and *pay attention* to the changes. |
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Six months to a year isn't really (and shouldn't) be a big deal. Just |
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look at the output of `emerge -puDN world`, and do the upgrades a few at |
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a time. Stop when you upgrade something major to make sure everything |
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works, then go back to what you were doing. |
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Devs take this into account when adding/removing features.. many |
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proposals have a "wait a year" step. |
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