[ale] mandrake help

[Robert E. Karaffa, II]

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?


-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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