On 29/11/12 19:01, TJ wrote: > On 11/29/2012 01:40 PM, Luca Olivetti wrote: >> Al 29/11/12 18:28, En/na Luca Olivetti ha escrit: >> unt" lists virtual partitions (dev, usb, etc.) a bazillion times? (it >> also showed a vfat partition mounted twice). >>> >>> And now I realized that every normal partition (with the exception of >>> /) is mounted 3 times, e.g. >>> >>> $ mount | grep '/home ' >>> /dev/sda8 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime) >>> /dev/sda8 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,commit=600) >>> /dev/sda8 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,commit=0) >>> /dev/sda8 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,commit=0) >>> >>> >>> this doesn't sound right. >> >> It turns out that during the semi-failed upgrade from mandriva, the >> post scriplet from util-linux didn't run, so /etc/mtab wasn't a >> simlink to /proc/mounts >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655571 >> >> I don't know if this also explains the problem of the ntfs partitions >> or not. >> >> Bye >> > I don't have the knowledge to answer your question, but I just want to > add my $.02. > > Reading of head-scratching problems like this are the reason that, in > nearly 11 years of using Linux, I never "upgrade" to a new release. I > always do clean installs, with the exception of telling the installer to > leave my /home partition alone. Believe me, I understand the desire to > go the upgrade path, and I know the developers work very hard to make it > possible, but the risk of problems is just too high for me. Clean > installs have almost always worked for me first time, every time. > > TJ >
Just to add another $.02 mga2 -> mga3 upgrade is now possible with the installer dvds, since Mageia 3 alpha 3. It is not yet possible with urpmi, an update will be needed for mga2 first to handle the /usr move. It might be something you would like to help test though. VM's or a spare partition are useful for that. Claire (MrsB)
