[7243] in Release_7.7_team
Re: auto-update exploded
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Thu Jan 27 10:52:12 2011
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:52:04 -0500
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To: Joyce Gomes <jogomes@mit.edu>
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If you encounter any machines on which the instructions don't work, you can also just re-install them.
-Jon
On Jan 27, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Joyce Gomes wrote:
> Hi John,
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> 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.
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> Best,
> Joyce Gomes
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> On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 10:43 -0500, Jonathan Reed wrote:
>> Hi Joyce,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Here's the full directions that I sent to acis-team:
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>> 1) At the login screen, click the power icon in the bottom right, and choose "Restart".
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 5) A whole bunch of text will scroll by, and then it will ask you 3 or 4 questions. Enter "Y" for every question.
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>> 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.
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>> On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Joyce Gomes wrote:
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>>> Hi John,
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>>> 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
>>>
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