Long since upgrade, need assistance

[wkatastrof]

Finally! I got pacman telling me "there is nothing to do" after running 'pacman -Syu'.

BUT I am afraid to restart as the last time I was at this point, it wouldn't reboot.

As per the [ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De ... iki:usrlib ] page, it says to run:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'mkinitcpio -p linux
')

after the glibc update.

However, when I try to do this, I get the following error:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', ' sudo mkinitcpio -p linux
/usr/bin/mkinitcpio: line 166: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: No such file or directory
==> ERROR: Preset not found: `/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset'
')

Is this because the system is now using 'systemd' ?

How do I proceed? How can I make sure it will reboot successfully after this? I wouldn't like to spend another three hours getting this far from the backup I have again...

[WarheadsSE]

ALARM doesn't use an uInitrd. You're fine.

[wkatastrof]

Awesome, thanks!

I was able to get it to reboot. Some peculiar things that I need clarification on:

When I ssh in, I get the following message before receiving the standard prompt:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Last login: Sun Nov 11 11:59:32 2012 from 192.168.2.3
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
[wilheim@dadagarcon ~]$
')

I also thought this updated the kernel to 3+, but 'uname -a' gives me:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Linux dadagarcon 2.6.31.6_SMP_820 #6 SMP Thu Jun 14 19:49:57 CDT 2012 armv6l GNU/Linux
')

Should I not worry about this?

[WarheadsSE]

Everyone never reads this.

The kernel for the oxnas is currently stored in NAND. There is no usb support in the bootloader, this making it a complete PITA to update the kernel/revert something that didn't work. 2.6.31 is correct. The linux package is installed for dependency purposes, but not used be the device.

[wkatastrof]

Thanks again for clearing that up.

Certain things that are unfamiliar to me don't register even if I've read them. Now that you've explained it again, it makes sense.

As for "-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied" -- Is it a problem?

[Geoff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wkatastrof', 'A')s for "-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied" -- Is it a problem?

[wkatastrof]

Works; Thanks!

I also read somewhere that this is a work-around and not a fix to a larger problem... but solving that is beyond the scope of my narrow arch linux knowledge...