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On Sunday 27 December 2009 21:46:23 Jon Hardcastle wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I have a gentoo circa 2008 install that i have pretty much the bare minimal |
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> to keep up to date... i now have the problem that i need to upgrade mdadm, |
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> lvm and probably a few other bits and pieces. This machine is used almost |
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> exclusively as a windows file server. |
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> I am getting blocks all over the show and lots of applications needs |
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> reinstalling/upgradining on a emerge world. i have also had problems |
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> getting the kernel to do what it needs to do a i installed the minimal |
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> when i started.. |
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> So i am wondering... it is easier to try and upgrade it, or as i have 2 |
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> raid 1 drives as the operating system drives and the rest of the drives |
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> are pure data, i can disconnect one and wipe the other reinstall from |
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> fresh as a degraded raid 1 and when i know we are good to go, wipe the |
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> disconnected drive and add to the array to resync and go from there? |
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the mdadm/lvm blocks are easy to fix, just unmerge mdadm and merge lvm. |
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Then upgrade portage to latest *masked* version (it's stable and trouble-free |
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despite the classification), and most of the remaining blockers should be |
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resolved automatically by portage. Depending on what remains, you may or may |
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not decide to proceed with an upgrade as opposed to a reinstall. |
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But it's only one year back, shouldn't give too much trouble on a minimalist |
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system. Off the top of my head, I can only really think of the monolithic to |
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split ebuild samba split |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |