online update error

English Install/Boot/Login
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yast or zypper update

#zypper update
[data]
Retrieving package glibc-locale-2.26-lp150.11.9.1.x86_64
(16/44), 6.4 MiB (122.3 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving delta: ./x86_64/glibc-locale-2.26-lp150.11.6.120_lp150.11.9.1.x86_64.drpm, 1.1 MiB
Applying delta: ./glibc-locale-2.26-lp150.11.6.120_lp150.11.9.1.x86_64[error]
applydeltarpm failed.
Bad media attach point: http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.0/oss
History:

  • Create attach point: Can’t find a writable directory to create an attach point

I’m going to try an update install. Can’t find anything on here or the internet. need help.

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Start->yast and start->terminal superuser mode won’t start.

#freshclam
ERROR: Can’t create temporary directory /var/lib/clamav/clamav-7b2f30ca3f2eb0d734ff8fc9994d00d6.tmp
Hint: The database directory must be writable for UID 65 or GID 463

this all was working last boot.

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No space on disk?

Post

cat /proc/cmdline

btrfs as Filesystem?

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Boot stops at command line, will not go to desktop. ‘root’->enter passwordCan’t use ‘mkdir’ to mount a drive, read only partition. Can’t mount BTRFS partition.

BTRFS file system included, System defaults used on opensuse leap 15 - kde. Snapshots enabled,

This 5th time this year opensuse has failed shortly after install. That happened after I started using BTRFS on my partition. Before BTRFS, Linux was always stable for a year. Updated to next opensuse. Stable for a year. etc.

Boot from opensuse dvd - ‘rescue system’.

#mkdir temp

#[mount btrfs partition]

#cat /proc/cmdline

BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/x86_64/loader/linux splash=silent rescue=1

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Login as root, see your snapshots:

snapper list

delete snapshots:

snapper delete (from pre)-(to post)

(from pre) and (to post) ist the numbler of the first command, you want to delete.

reboot.

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My fault.

Boot into an working snapshot, login as root,

snapper rollback

reboot.

After that, thread #5.

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I had to hand copy this output and hand type it in. So, there maybe errors in it. Boot from hard disk.

#cat /proc/cmdline

BOOT_IMAGE=/root/vmlinuz-4.12.14-lp150.12.22-default root=/dev/mapper/system-root resume=/dev/system/swap splash=silent quiet showopts resume=/dev/system/swap splash=silent quiet showopts

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I was half-right BTRFS file system was increasing the number of writes on a failing hard drive.

I used the smartmon tools, after looking for failing hard drive info on the net.

Results include:
3 pre-fail
All others: old-age.

Should I continue or get a new hard drive? I noticed a pattern in the failures.The installs were failing in shorter and shorter time periods. My research was matching data on failing a hard drive.

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Personally, I would get a new drive. Best not to monkey around with a failing drive.

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Alright, thanks for the help. This hard drive is failing. Now, on to my next forum post about the new issue. :stuck_out_tongue:

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FYI for everyone else, here’s how. ‘smartmontools’ should be installed in ‘opensuse leap 15’. There is a longer test available (20 mins). I used this simple test. It should be ‘sda’. Else, I recommend using ‘blkid’ to get the info needed.

Superuser mode:

#blkid -o list
[info]
#smartctl -a /dev/sda

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Then please, please, please use CODE tags aroud output, as asked before.

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For the benefit all those reading, The online update error root cause was both a failing motherboard and hard drive. Both have been replaced, I’v no problems for two weeks straight.

Their was a pattern. The failures were happening in shorter and shorter periods. It was down to two days before the a failure would happen.

Thanks to all for the assistance.

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Thank you for that clarification.