Thanks to all of you! I think that a new install is the right thing to do although I don't believe that there is anything wrong with the upgrade except that I can't boot into it. I do still have one question. Where do I put GRUB? I followed instructions and put it into MBR of hdb as per RedHat instructions should I have put it into MBR of hda instead? I believe this is the essence of my problem. Today, I need to get some work done and will not have time to deal with this until tomorrow. I'll let you know how it comes out
Doug Bill Carlson wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, doug piper wrote: > > > Thanks Ed, > > > > I realize that what you are saying is right on but I have a hard time believing > > that Linux people would be so forgetting of what was happening a year to a > > year and a half ago. This seems like the ultimate of the Microsoft philisophy, > > i.e. f**k them if they did upgrade and if they didn't upgrade then f**k them > > doubly.. > > > > I will do a fresh install of 7.2. I have no problem backing up files on my Linux > > hard drive although I haven't done so previously as I can still mount all of my > > linux drives and backup any data which is important to my Windows drive using > > Linux rescue. But it does seem kinda extreme. > > I'll disagree with Ed here, I mostly do upgrades and have had very little > problem. Granted, right after the upgrade there is usually some minor > tweaking and maybe a recompile or two, especially when jumping major > numbers. > > That said, I've had some problems with RH 7.2 and a trashed ext3 journal > file while booting. I think you can save your current system, you need to > boot rescue and get the file system to fsck. As I recall, reverting to > ext2 didn't help in my situation, but recreating the ext3 journal did. My > specific situation was cloning an install of 7.2 to new drives. > > Hang in there, think and take your time, you'll get the system back. > > Bill Carlson > -- > Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Anything is possible, > Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/ | given time and money. > University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | > Opinions are mine, not my employer's. | > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
