On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 13:51, Kees Bergwerf wrote: > Op zaterdag 2 augustus 2003 22:23, schreef Stephane Brossier: > > > I used the "-5" option which automaticall merge the files, > > and it seems it deleted some of my config files such > > as /etc/fstab. > > The result is that I cannot boot gentoo anymore. Pretty bad...
This is IMO the most very frustrating part of the way Gentoo works. > > I always use the -3 option. Lots of configfiles I have never touched, so they > can be replaces safely (I think :-) ). I think so also. > When neccesary I go to another console > (ctrl-alt-F2) to make a copy of the file that will be replaced. Yep, same here, but usually I just exit etc-update, do the copy right there, and then start etc-update again. > I could not find any merge option in env-update :-(. It would be nice if there > is one, that merges the old config with the new one. Anybody? The -3 option does have an 'interactive merge' of the old and new files. I think the language is a bit strange, but if you look carefully, it's there. Choose -3 and then look. I think there are 4 choices... > > > Hopefully i can boot a different version of linux and access > > to my config file for gentoo by mounting the partitions. Actually, I would have thought that you could still boot, log in as root and do the mounts by hand, presuming you can find or remember your partition numbers. > > Or you can start with the gentoo life cd, mount the partition and edit fstab. > Make a bootable cd with lilo in case it happens again :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
