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(I can not see /dev/sdb, etc... +</I>>>><i> only /dev/sda which is my harddisk) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Strange... Probably related to your network issue. +</I>>><i> You could run "modprobe usb_storage" (you may also have to load the USB +</I>>><i> controller modules (see output of "lspcidrake -v")) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yes, this indeed helped. modprobe usb_serial and then /dev/sdb* showed +</I>><i> up and I was able to mount manually. May be related to fact that udev +</I>><i> failed to start. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> Didn't you reboot to a new kernel which you aborted the installation? +</I>>><i> What if you boot to an older kernel (eg mga2 one)? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Forget to say that I can get to console only from the "mageia 3 safe +</I>><i> mode" grup option which goes directly to console. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> With normal mageia 3 or older mageia 2 kernel options I will eventually +</I>><i> reach the login screen, but login itself always fails with all desktop +</I>><i> envs I have and resets itself back to login screen again. (kde4, gnome, +</I>><i> lxde, openbox, icewm) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Now that I can mount the usb stick and manually copy the missing rpm's +</I>><i> to harddrive, can I install these 900 rpm packages from this mga3 safe +</I>><i> mode login, or should I create a new "Mageia 3 upgrade preparation safe +</I>><i> mode" option to grup which has this rd.convertfs boot option and boot +</I>><i> there for upgrading the rest of the rpm's from mga2 version to mga3? +</I> +Once the conversion has been done once, it doesn't need to run again +(it's safe enough to do so, but it's a no-op and does nothing) + + +The timeout you possibly saw was waiting for a service to restart or +similar. Chances are it would have timed out eventually (but that +timeout may be up to five minutes). It would be interesting to know +which %postinst failed if you still have that info so I can try +reproducing the situation and work on a more graceful solution. + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="020821.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020820.html">[Mageia-dev] KDE SC 4.10 Beta1 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20824">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20824">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20824">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20824">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |