** Reply to message from Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:39:48 -0400
In brief, this is about recovery from a failed update of openSuSE from v10.2 to v10.3. I am sorry that I have had to wait so long since the event happened (in late Novermber), and thus break the train of thought of those who were helping me. The urgent matters that distracted me have been resolved, and I am free to continue. > I'm back now from my absence, and have attended to some of the crises that > have > popped up while I was away. I'm ready to attack the matter of my failed update > to opensuse v10.3. What I have in mind is to install a maintenance copy of > v10.3 into part of the now unused space on my HD, and to use it to retrieve > the > contents of the /home directory from the failed update. See below my plans for > what to do after that. I would be very happy for any comments. Today I installed a maintenance copy of v10.3 in a formerly unused 10GB of the HD. That installation seems to work properly, but I don't understand why the boot sequence is as it is: The maintenance copy has but one partition in addition to SWAP. In setting up the installation, I was very careful to arrange that GRUB be installed in the root partition, rather than the MBR. After setting the configuration and before confirming actual installation, I verified that this was the case. I expected therefore that the boot sequence would be: OS/2 Boot Manager, followed by whatever line of BM is chosen. What actually happens is as follows: 1) openSuSE (maintenance partition) Welcome screen, with its list of choices 2) I choose "Boot from Hard Disk" 3) OS/2 Boot Manager 4) (after appropriate choice) openSuSE (maintenance) flash screen In other words, the installation has created its own boot manager BEFORE the OS/2 Boot Manager. What has happened? How to correct this? When I undo that, and get the boot sequence right, I will go ahead to the original problem. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel In politics, the most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you have it made. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
