On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:41:12 +0100 Matt Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all, > > Some of you may remember my problems with lvm after an update in > http://www.archivum.info/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/2008-04/msg00899.html > > I'm now headed back towards the same situation. I have a load of > updates to do according to emerge -DNavu world but I've had to mask > all upgraded versions of udev, mdadm and lvm as every time I upgrade > them, it breaks my disk access. > > Whenever I upgrade these packages (I'm not which one of those 3 is > actually to blame, and I don't want to chance it) I can no longer > access the lvm volumes on my disks. I have no idea what is causing it. > > This means I cannot do a world update as those manually masked > packages are blocking a lot of other packages. > > A few months on, is anyone able to shed light on why updating any of > those 3 packages causes my system to be unbootable and my data to be > inaccessible? > > I would really like to keep my system up to date, but as you can > understand, I'm loathe to make changes that will give me a borked > system yet again. > > Grateful for advice anyone can give as my system is now getting quite > out of date. > > Thanks > > Matt Harrison Please, make it clear: which versions of all relevant packages are you using? emerge --info | grep ACC emerge --info | grep baselayout emerge -pv lvm2 udev baselayout mdadm emerge -DuNpv world -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
