Possible Problems - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual

Before starting your update, make note of the root partition. The command df / lists
the device name of the root partition. In
the root partition to write down is /dev/hda3 (mounted as /).
Example 8.1 List with df -h
Filesystem
/dev/hda3
tmpfs
/dev/hda5
/dev/hda1
/dev/hda2

8.1.2 Possible Problems

If you update a default system from the previous version to this version, YaST works
out necessary changes and performs them. Depending on your customizations, some
steps or the entire update procedure may fail and you must resort to copying back your
backup data. Check the following issues before starting the system update.
Checking passwd and group in /etc
Before updating the system, make sure that /etc/passwd and /etc/group do not
contain any syntax errors. For this purpose, start the verification utilities pwck and
grpck as root and eliminate any reported errors.
PostgreSQL
Before updating PostgreSQL (postgres), dump the databases. See the manual page
of pg_dump. This is only necessary if you actually used PostgreSQL prior to your
update.
8.1.3 Updating with YaST
Following the preparation procedure outlined in
you can now update your system:
1 Optionally, prepare an installation server. For background information, see
200 Installation and Administration
Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
74G 22G
506M 0
116G 5.8G
39G 1.6G
4.6G 2.6G
tion 4.2.1, "Setting Up an Installation Server Using YaST"
Example 8.1, "List with df -h"
53G 29% /
506M 0% /dev/shm
111G 5% /home
37G 4% /windows/C
2.1G 57% /windows/D
Section 8.1.1, "Preparations"
(page 200),
(page 199),
Sec-
(page 78).