Update of 11.2 M2 to 11.2M6

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

After i updated to 11.6 M6, rebooting causes these messages to appear. Typing exit continues to boot normally. I am typing the messages that appear on the screen as i do not have a way of capturing these messages

doing fast boot
FATAL: Module ata_piix not found
FATAL: Error running install command for ata_piix
Creating device nodes with udev
Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC****-part3
Invoking UserSpace resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC*-part3
Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC*-part3
Invoking UserSpace resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC*-part3
resume: libgcrypt Version 1.4.4
Trying normal resume
Waiting for device /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC*-part4 to appear ok
invalid root file system - exiting to /bin/sh
sh: cannot set terminal process group (-1) " Inappropriate ioctl for device
sh: no job control in this shell
$ exit

#2

That should be 11.2 M6

#3

Download the Factory NET install CD. Boot from it, pick Installation and proceed till New/Upgrade. There’s an extra option: Repair installed system. This will fix your GRUB install.

#4

What I do is keep a cheap digital camera by my PC, and snap an image of such messages, and then post the image on one of the many image sharing sites.

It beats retyping. :slight_smile:

#5

nice idea ! didn’t think of this

#6

Tried this. Didn’t work. The kernel version on the factory-net cd says Linux V3.4.4(Kernel 2.6.31-rc7-4-default).

#7

On my portable, i already have Windows Vista installed besides 11.2M6. I do not have the rescue disc and there is no way for me to create one. In this situation if i performed a new installation of a major version will it cause any problem to my vista partition?

#8

No, do what you should have done in the first place: install 11.1 to replace the Milestone release. It stated all over the place, that Milestones are for testing purposes, i.e. in case of trouble …