[7242] in Release_7.7_team
Re: auto-update exploded
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joyce Gomes)
Thu Jan 27 10:50:13 2011
From: Joyce Gomes <jogomes@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
Cc: "release-team@MIT.EDU Release Team" <release-team@mit.edu>
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:50:05 -0500
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Hi John,
Thanks, I will try the instructions again, I did it in one of the
machines in w20-575 and it didn't work; and then when I did it in one of
the machines in m2-225 it worked. So I guess I'm going to have to try it
again.
Best,
Joyce Gomes
On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 10:43 -0500, Jonathan Reed wrote:
> Hi Joyce,
>
> Yes, unfortunately all the machines will need manual intervention. The directions below are an abbreviated version of what I sent to acis-team. As I noted there, if there are multiple "recovery mode" options, pick the one that is closest to the top of the list.
>
> When you say you didn't see a screen for the rest of the instructions, what happened when you booted into recovery mode? Did the screen just go black? I've tested these directions on 5 different machines, and they should work.
>
> Here's the full directions that I sent to acis-team:
>
> 1) At the login screen, click the power icon in the bottom right, and choose "Restart".
>
> 2) As soon as you see the Dell logo, hold down the left-hand Shift key (it has to be the one on the left). Keep it held down until you see a menu that says "GNU GRUB" at the top of the screen, then you can let go of the shift key.
>
> 3) Use the arrow keys to pick the item that says "(recovery mode)" at the end of it. If there are multiple ones listed, pick the topmost one. Press ENTER.
>
> 4) The machine will boot and then put you at a blue screen with another menu that says "Recovery menu". Choose the option that says "dpkg Repair broken packages" and press Enter.
>
> 5) A whole bunch of text will scroll by, and then it will ask you 3 or 4 questions. Enter "Y" for every question.
>
> 6) At the end, it should say "Finished, please press ENTER". At that point, you can press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the machine, and it should be all set.
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Joyce Gomes wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Do we have to follow these instructions for all the machines in every
> > cluster or is there specific machines you want us to look at? also when
> > I get to the "recovery mode" screen there is a couple of different one's
> > to choose from, I was able to do it but I didn't see a screen for the
> > rest of the instructions you put below. Thanks
> >
> > Best,
> > Joyce Gomes
> >
>
