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