Upgrade 13.37 to 14.2 [Solved]

[gapan]

In cases like these it's better not to shutdown/reboot until you have figured everything out. Now, since it doesn't boot your best option is to use a salix installer CD/USB, exit the installer and then mount the harddrive partition:

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mkdir /hd
mount /dev/sda1 /hd

and the CD/USB:

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mkdir /usb
mount /dev/sdb1 /usb

(adjust the device names accordingly)
then install/upgrade all packages using the --root option

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spkg --root /hd /usb/salix/*/*.t[xg]z

after that, chroot into your hd and run lilo:

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chroot /hd
lilo -v

If everything goes well, you'll have a system that is mostly upgraded and can boot. You should then be able to reboot and continue the upgrade process from the

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slapt-get --upgrade

step.

Still might be easier to just go with a new installation.

[Van_Vinkle]

I've followed your instructions and all was very well. The system reboots, I can enter as user but no Mate session is available, only an openbox one.

I thought it was caused because the system was not upgraded. I tried to enter as root, but I've run into the problem that no su nor sudo orders are accepted. With a rescue CD I've added my name in the group wheel with no success; then I cannot act as administrator and upgrade the system.

Also, I can't connect to the net. The connection is by wire, but it does not run, and I do not know which program run to start it.

Thanks, Gapan, for your support and patience.

[gapan]

What's the problem when trying to run the su command? Since you're upgrading from 13.37, the root user should be there.

If you gain root access, you could connect to the network with:

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dhcpcd eth0

assuming your wired interface is eth0.

[Van_Vinkle]

What's the problem when trying to run the su command? Since you're upgrading from 13.37, the root user should be there.

The problem is that su does not recognize the password, which must be (I think so) the same as the 13.37 installation.

[gapan]

It should be. Unless you messed with the /etc/passwd file during upgrade.

You can use the same installation iso, chroot into the installation and change the password with something like:

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mkdir /hd
mount /dev/sda1 /hd
chroot /hd
passwd

[Van_Vinkle]

As usual, your instructions solved the problem.

Thank you very much!

[gapan]

Good. If you want mate, you should probably run:

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slapt-get --install-set mate

at some point. Make sure you're done with the upgrade process first.

[Van_Vinkle]

I did it already.