Jon Hardcastle wrote:
Hi all,
I have a gentoo circa 2008 install that i have pretty much the bare minimal to
keep up to date... i now have the problem that i need to upgrade mdadm, lvm and
probably a few other bits and pieces. This machine is used almost exclusively
as a windows file server.
I am getting blocks all over the show and lots of applications needs
reinstalling/upgradining on a emerge world. i have also had problems getting
the kernel to do what it needs to do a i installed the minimal when i started..
So i am wondering... it is easier to try and upgrade it, or as i have 2 raid 1 drives as the operating system drives and the rest of the drives are pure data, i can disconnect one and wipe the other reinstall from fresh as a degraded raid 1 and when i know we are good to go, wipe the disconnected drive and add to the array to resync and go from there?
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N: Jon Hardcastle
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I don't know much about what all you have installed but I suspect that a
fresh start would be easier. It may even be faster as well. Just save
your world file and the things you need in /etc. Also, save anything
else you may have configured elsewhere. I also save my /root since I
store some scripts and such there.
My $0.02 worth.
Dale
:-) :-)
