[SOLVED] upgrade to M7 fails

[ovince]

Dear All,

I wanted to upgrade my system to Mageia 7 but the installation was terminated by failure of electric power. Now, I can run only a quasi Mageia (very few applications installed, no internet access and so on). Is there a way to do upgrade without loosing data now?

thank you
Oliver

[jibz]

Hum... I would try to continue the update :

Where are we currently ?
$ cat /etc/product.id
$ cat /etc/release
$ uname -a

Checking the media :
$ urpmq --list-url

If needed to change the media :
$ su
$ <root password>
$ urpmi.removemedia -a
if 32b architecture : (we will know it with the command uname -a)
$ urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist "http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.7.i586"
or if 64b :
$ urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist "http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.7.x86_64"


Doing an update :
$ su
$ <root password>
$ urpmi --auto-update

[benmc]

Now, I can run only a quasi Mageia (very few applications installed, no internet access and so on).

is this no wifi, or no wired lan as well?

if absolutely no internet, suggest downloading a copy of Mageia M7 net-install or Classical Installer .isos onto another computer and burning to USB or cd/DVD.
then booting to that media and choosing to upgrade your install- it is a GUI option.

or if you have a MGA6 classical install Media somewhere, and your wired LAN available, you can MAKE the install media choose the Mga7 mirrors and continue your upgrade as suggested by jibz

[ovince]

hi

thank you for reply.

I have installed M7. When installing, it is possible to choose not to format the disk so that the data are saved. It can be said that the problem is fixed

best regards
oliver

[doktor5000]

Yes, see the upgrade hints: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_7_Rel ... to_Upgrade