[ale] mandrake help

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Tuesday 06 May 2003 01:27 pm, Robert E. Karaffa, II wrote:
> Thanks, Michael, for the input.  I'm at that point now (fresh install).
>
> -Q:  I am at the point where I'm about to reformat the partitions.  I've
> excluded the /var and /home partitions.  Can I do the same to /usr?

I wouldn't.  You'll probably end up with some unusual library files and 
stuff.  It should work, but you might be confuse later.

Michael

> -Bob K.
>
> on 5/6/03 1:06 PM, Michael D. Hirsch at mhirsch at nubridges.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday 06 May 2003 12:24 pm, Robert E. Karaffa, II wrote:
> >> hi folks,
> >>     I managed to hose my mandrake box during an upgrade from 8.2 to
> >> 9.1. the thing boots to the point of an error message:  "warning: 
> >> unable to open an initial console".
> >
> > Sounds like your /dev directory got messed up.
> >
> >>     I've been doing some self-help but haven't come up with a
> >> solution that I fully understand.  So far, I've booted from the
> >> rescue CD, and am able to get to my old partitions, so /var, /usr,
> >> /home and / are all still there (yay!).  however, I haven't yet been
> >> able to get it to boot. I've had a look at lilo.conf...seems to be
> >> correct, but I'm not 100% sure.  fstab looks okay, all partitions are
> >> listed correctly. This mandrake box is not mission critical, but I
> >> would like to minimize risk to /var and /home and /usr, since some of
> >> my backup info is stored in /home, and the web server stuff I'd like
> >> to keep if possible.
> >>     Anybody willing to toss me a lifeline?  It is greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >
> > I wouldn't mess with trying to recover.  Do a fresh install, but don't
> > tell the installer about /var and /home.  Then, after the install edit
> > your /etc/fstab and add them to it.  (There may be an option to tell
> > it not to reformat /home and /var--you could use that instead.)
> >
> > If there is anything in /usr you want saved, copy it to /home first.
> >
> > Michael
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