On 03/07/12 21:35, Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 03.07.2012 20:00, schrieb David Kuhl:
I'm so stuck with this Gentoo laptop. It started with a standard
update which was the first in three months. Then when the X didn't
run due to xorg-server getting upgraded, the 3.3.8 gen kernel was
suppose to be built with KSM. That failed due to mkfs_ext2.h. The a
beta of genkernel was used and which built the kernel and initramfs,
but the rest of the machine looks like it's gone. All the LVM2
partitions are broke: /home /var /opt /usr. What's the best way to
get this back without loosing the system? Thanks
Step one: Do a full disk backup. Boot to a live-CD, then back everything
up with dd or -- if available -- ddrescue.
Step two: ...
... install Ubuntu (or one of its spin-offs.) Having a laptop with
Gentoo that wasn't updated for months looks to me like the wrong usage
case for Gentoo. If you want periods of several months of base package
stability, you do not use a rolling-release distro. With Gentoo you
need to update often and *pay attention* to the changes.
