[Solved]GoFlexHome:Cannot update system using pacman -Syu

[pepedog]

Here is an example, I got this error
filesystem: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem
So something is in /usr/sbin, I will find out
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Qo /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon')
/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon is owned by consolekit 0.4.6-4
I remove it
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -R consolekit')
/usr/sbin is empty so now I can delete it
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'rm -r /usr/sbin')
Now I can do
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Su')

[suyanlu]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pepedog', 'Y')ou must do this first
pacman -R localepurge
pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem,bash

If that works
pacman -S bash
pacman -Su
If that fails you have to see what is in /bin /sbin /usr/sbin stopping it

I got all the way to the end with my Pogo v2 -- pacman -Su didn't take. And now the system won't boot all the way? Help!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('suyanlu', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pepedog', 'Y')ou must do this first
pacman -R localepurge
pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem,bash

If that works
pacman -S bash
pacman -Su
If that fails you have to see what is in /bin /sbin /usr/sbin stopping it

I think you must boot your system with usb stick, and mount your harddisk, then backup configuration to your usb stick, then get initial install package using"wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM ... est.tar.gz", uncompress it to your harddisk, then do it following pepedog's guide.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sjwoo', 'I') got all the way to the end with my Pogo v2 -- pacman -Su didn't take. And now the system won't boot all the way? Help!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('suyanlu', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pepedog', 'Y')ou must do this first
pacman -R localepurge
pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem,bash

If that works
pacman -S bash
pacman -Su
If that fails you have to see what is in /bin /sbin /usr/sbin stopping it

[etan]

why this could not be done by upgrade scripts ?
Are these instructions also for 3.9.4 ?

How to find "non-official repos" ?
paclist <repo> | awk ' { print $1 } ' | pacman -Ql - | grep ' /s\?bin/\| /usr/sbin/'

They do not mention localpurge to remove.

[pepedog]

Localepurge was from local knowledge. As that package has been rebuilt to go in /usr/sbin it is no longer to be removed before the rest. As is others that have been tracked down.
The point is 3 directories need to be emptied after bash is installed, and before filesystem installed. So you pacman -Qo the filenames, remove the discovered package

[sjwoo]

I did everything as listed here twice, but it still will not boot again. I had a three-month old image of the system, so I just went back to the backup.

I must say, I think I'm going to give up keeping my Pogo updated. I use this machine for three things:

1) Samba
2) Sickbeard
3) SABnzbd

I don't think I need to keep the entire system updated to keep these three apps functional. In fact, I just updated Sickbeard and SAB via pacman (pacman -Syy first, then pacman -S sickbeard, pacman -sabnzbd), and they updated fine.

Maybe some point down the line, the apps won't work because of too many changes (like the systemctl overhaul that happened a little while back), but until that happens, I'm gonna take my chances and leave the Pogo alone. Too many times, the entire system goes kaput, and it's just not worth my time to make all these updates.

- Sung

[pepedog]

Latest image gets past these updates

[huntrm]

Hey guys, need your help. I followed the upgrade procedure, and had TWO programs pending a move to /usr/bin. First was file system, second was cherokee. Last step was for me to move Cherokee, and then do a pacman -Su.

I stepped away from the terminal, was away for several hours, and appears that the PC decided to reboot with a Win7 update (yay!).

So now, I can't log into arch using root password. I'm hesitant to unplug the pogoplug, rebooting it for fear that I'll lose the websites that I'm running.

What are my options here? Again, I'm entering root via SSH, but the password isn't being accepted.

[pepedog]

Think you will have to unplug, fschk drive, and put in the three symlinks.
I had one similar, tar xf filesystem pkg to it, but had some etc files overwrote