messed up the suse during zypper-systemupdate - how to continue!?

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hello and good evening

after a unsuccessful zypper-dub i think i have messed up the current system - a opensuse version 12.2
i wanted to upgrade to the new version - to version 13.1

Note: the upgrade process was not successful:

i have had issues with starting the system again - guessing that there was tooo less space for KDE

well - have a look at the system





artin@linux-wyee:~> df -aTh
Dateisystem      Typ                   Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf
rootfs           rootfs                  20G     19G  322M   99% /
devtmpfs         devtmpfs               1,9G    8,0K  1,9G    1% /dev
tmpfs            tmpfs                  1,9G     92K  1,9G    1% /dev/shm
tmpfs            tmpfs                  1,9G    692K  1,9G    1% /run
devpts           devpts                    0       0     0     - /dev/pts
/dev/sda13       ext4                    20G     19G  322M   99% /
proc             proc                      0       0     0     - /proc
sysfs            sysfs                     0       0     0     - /sys
tmpfs            tmpfs                  1,9G       0  1,9G    0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/memory
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/devices
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
cgroup           cgroup                    0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event
systemd-1        autofs                    0       0     0     - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
hugetlbfs        hugetlbfs                 0       0     0     - /dev/hugepages
tmpfs            tmpfs                  1,9G    692K  1,9G    1% /var/run
tmpfs            tmpfs                  1,9G    692K  1,9G    1% /var/lock
debugfs          debugfs                   0       0     0     - /sys/kernel/debug
tmpfs            tmpfs                  1,9G       0  1,9G    0% /media
mqueue           mqueue                    0       0     0     - /dev/mqueue
securityfs       securityfs                0       0     0     - /sys/kernel/security
/dev/sda14       ext4                   384G     68G  316G   18% /home
fusectl          fusectl                   0       0     0     - /sys/fs/fuse/connections
gvfs-fuse-daemon fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon     0       0     0     - /run/user/martin/gvfs
martin@linux-wyee:~>

BTW - have a look at the rootfs - guessing that there is very very little space left - isnt it!?`

BTW - i have mace a backup of all the data!
All the data is allready stored on a external drive.



martin@linux-wyee:~> zypper lr -uP
# | Alias                        | Name                         | Aktiviert | Aktualisieren | Priorität | URI                                                         
--+------------------------------+------------------------------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------------------
1 | Packman                      | Packman                      | Ja        | Ja            |   10      | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/                 
2 | Packman Repository           | Packman Repository           | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://packman.inode.at/suse/13.1/                          
3 | libdvdcss repository         | libdvdcss repository         | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.1/                        
4 | openSUSE 13.1 NON-OSS        | openSUSE 13.1 NON-OSS        | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/non-oss/
5 | openSUSE 13.1 NON-OSS Update | openSUSE 13.1 NON-OSS Update | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1-non-oss/           
6 | openSUSE 13.1 OSS            | openSUSE 13.1 OSS            | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/    
7 | openSUSE 13.1 OSS Update     | openSUSE 13.1 OSS Update     | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1/                                             
8 | packman                      | packman                      | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/13.1/                                       
9 | packman-repo                 | packman-repo                 | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://packman.jacobs-university.de/suse/13.1/                                        
martin@linux-wyee:~>

what about the data - and the system. I am very very glad that i can access the system again - for more than 20 hours i had issues with KDE - guessing that there was too little space.

**
questions: **What would you do now!? How would you continue?
Well - what do you advice to get a secure and clever updating to opensuse 13.1?

Do you have an advice and an idea!?

look forward to hear from you

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Are you able to replace the hard disk drive with a larger unit? You’ve already made a backup of your data, so you could do a clean install, and copy the data across once the install is complete.

3

Upgrades should be incremental FYI

If you have a backup, probably myself I’d clean install and restore my files and settings as required

4

**hello dear deano-ferrari and **caf 4926

many many thanks for the quick reply

great to hear from you.

well - i guess that you are right - many thanks for the good advices!

think i will go the way of a clean install.

greetings

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On 2013-12-27 22:06, caf4926 wrote:
>
> Upgrades should be incremental FYI

I’m sorry, but I have doubts about what he has really done.

On some posts he says he did “zypper up” from “12.2 to 13.1”. Others say “12.3 to 13.1”. Others say,
as this one, “zypper-dub”, a command which does not exist.

Several people have answered that it is “zypper dup” what he has to do.
Of course, a “zypper dup” from 12.2 to 13.1 does not work, it will brick the machine (90% sure).

To no avail, I don’t know if he understands. I will refrain from posting anymore in this thread, I’m
afraid I’m no use. I hope you have more luck and communication skills than me.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Elessar))

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To no avail, I don’t know if he understands. I will refrain from posting anymore in this thread, I’m
afraid I’m no use. I hope you have more luck and communication skills than me.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Elessar))

He has been advised to start over with a clean install, (but I think he’ll almost certainly need to replace the HDD with a larger unit, before proceeding).

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hello dear Deano_ferrari hello dear Robin

many thanks for the replies…

thx for the hints - and all your advices. BTW - i t is a 500 GB - HDD - guess that it is enough - but probably i have to do a better configuration… What do you say!?

AGAIN - many many thanks for the hints and advices - Robin, Deano and all the contributors here.

i did a fresh install: see what i did!



martin@linux-c5sz:~> zypper lr -uP
# | Alias                     | Name                               | Aktiviert | Aktualisieren | Priorität | URI                                                                                  
--+---------------------------+------------------------------------+-----------+---------------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | openSUSE-13.1-1.10        | openSUSE-13.1-1.10                 | Ja        | Nein          |   99      | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SN-S083C_m1L3456789KLMNOP,/dev/sr0
2 | repo-debug                | openSUSE-13.1-Debug                | Nein      | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
3 | repo-debug-update         | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Debug         | Nein      | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.1/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
4 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | Nein      | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.1-non-oss/                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
5 | repo-non-oss              | openSUSE-13.1-Non-Oss              | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/non-oss/                         
6 | repo-oss                  | openSUSE-13.1-Oss                  | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                             
7 | repo-source               | openSUSE-13.1-Source               | Nein      | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                      
8 | repo-update               | openSUSE-13.1-Update               | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1/                                            
9 | repo-update-non-oss       | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Non-Oss       | Ja        | Ja            |   99      | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1-non-oss/                                    
martin@linux-c5sz:~>

and see the following…
**note: ** guess that i can make something better - with regard on the size and the number of the drives:


martin@linux-c5sz:~> df -aTh
Dateisystem    Typ             Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf
rootfs         rootfs            20G    4,9G   14G   26% /
devtmpfs       devtmpfs         1,9G     24K  1,9G    1% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs            1,9G     92K  1,9G    1% /dev/shm
tmpfs          tmpfs            1,9G    3,7M  1,9G    1% /run
devpts         devpts              0       0     0     - /dev/pts
/dev/sda8      ext4              20G    4,9G   14G   26% /
proc           proc                0       0     0     - /proc
sysfs          sysfs               0       0     0     - /sys
securityfs     securityfs          0       0     0     - /sys/kernel/security
tmpfs          tmpfs            1,9G       0  1,9G    0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
pstore         pstore              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/pstore
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/memory
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/devices
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event
cgroup         cgroup              0       0     0     - /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb
systemd-1      autofs              0       0     0     - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
debugfs        debugfs             0       0     0     - /sys/kernel/debug
mqueue         mqueue              0       0     0     - /dev/mqueue
hugetlbfs      hugetlbfs           0       0     0     - /dev/hugepages
tmpfs          tmpfs            1,9G    3,7M  1,9G    1% /var/lock
tmpfs          tmpfs            1,9G    3,7M  1,9G    1% /var/run
/dev/sda9      ext4             384G     67G  316G   18% /home
fusectl        fusectl             0       0     0     - /sys/fs/fuse/connections
gvfsd-fuse     fuse.gvfsd-fuse     0       0     0     - /run/user/1000/gvfs
gvfsd-fuse     fuse.gvfsd-fuse     0       0     0     - /var/run/user/1000/gvfs
martin@linux-c5sz:~>

again - i did a cleanup - regarding the partition. But i am new to Linux - so it is possible that i have to do a better cleanup.

above all - many many thanks for the hints - that you helped me with your advice to do a fresh install

  • i will mark this thread as solved! thx.