Upgrading to LINUX Mandriva 2010.1

# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=46f8d925-b3b0-4adc-8ffb-9f059c330cee / ext3 acl,relatime 1 1
# Entry for /dev/sda2 :
UUID=35398b70-3ad4-483a-84b1-af40ed4edafd  /usr ext3 acl,relatime 1 2
# Entry for /dev/sda3 :
UUID=808ff7bf-069f-4c16-91bf-fea79d4a0bcd swap swap defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda4:
UUID=189d33fa-eca9-4cc1-924b-3a7dc3b6fa33 /home ext3 acl,relatime 1 2
# Entry for /dev/sdb1
UUID=0F4D-1BD3 /media/win_c vfat umask=0022,users,sync,noauto,exec 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb5
UUID=D8B0-CFB4 /media/win_d vfat umask=0022,users,sync,noauto,exec 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb6
UUID=417eeec4-a8d0-4cd3-a359-4f1a5838ebc4 /media/dsl ext3 sync,relatime 1 2
# Entry for /dev/sdb7
UUID=6d9e94f1-476e-4cd6-96f1-3386ccd93e29 /media/dslusr ext3  sync,relatime 1 2
# Entry for /dev/sdb9
UUID=b79aef40-20ce-42a5-984c-57720966d8de /media/dslhome ext3  sync,relatime 1 2
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/sr1 /media/dvd auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,flush 0 0

Or to see the sizes:
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1             3.9G  323M  3.4G   9% /
/dev/sda7              27G   18G  8.4G  69% /home
/dev/sdb1             4.0G  3.5G  584M  86% /media/win_c
/dev/sdb5              16G  3.7G   12G  24% /media/win_d
/dev/sda6             5.7G  4.2G  1.2G  78% /usr
/dev/sdb6             3.8G  173M  3.5G   5% /media/dsl
/dev/sdb7             3.8G  1.6G  2.1G  43% /media/dslusr
/dev/sdb9             3.7G  566M  3.1G  16% /media/dslhome

During installation-upgrades were mounted:
/dev/sr1              4.4G  4.4G     0 100% /media/FREE-2010S-i586
/dev/sdc1             187G   58G  121G  33% /mnt/stick

1. Naming of HDD has changed from hda to sda. This will require changes to many of my back-up scripts.
2. Format of /etc/fstab has changed.
3. For inexplicable reasons the system did not include /dev/sdb6, 7 and 9 in fstab, so I put them in manually as:
   UUID=7cffdd86-8456-44b8-b95e-b5518957c4cc /media/dsl ext3 rw 0 0
   # Entry for /dev/sdb7 :
   UUID=0bc4d3ee-2a7b-11da-8b07-ad26b9dd3abe /media/dslusr ext2 rw 0 0
   # Entry for /dev/sdb9 :
   UUID=0f0ccbb0-2a7b-11da-8aeb-3d3a1653f229 /media/dslhome ext2 rw 0 0
   of course after creating the pertinent directories in /media
4. LILO was not created with DSL boot facility in spite of seemingly doing it at installation time.
   Remedy:Add to /etc/lilo.conf the following entry:
   

   image=/media/dsl/boot/linux24
           root=/dev/sdb6
           label="DSL"
           initrd=/media/dsl/boot/System.map
   

   Then issue the command lilo. BUT when you want to boot into DSL, you have to boot "DSL: root=/dev/hdb6" otherwise it won't find the root partition and end with a "kernel panic". On the other hand you cannot specify root=/dev/hdb6 in /etc/lilo.conf without lilo chucking a fatal error...
5. DSL works OK now, however I created the Mandriva /usr and /home partitions with ext4 file-systems, which DSL cannot handle.
6. Printer Canon PIXMA i1300 did no longer work. Using the 2008.0 cups did NOT help.
   Even trying to define an old Canon BJC255SP results in the error message: CUPS server error There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-not-possible'. There are also cryptic "device URIs" for the old BJC 255SP: cnij_parallel:/dev/lp0 and for the PIXMA iP1300: usb://Canon/iP1300?serial=26CB84. It was necessary to define the printers manually. This trouble was caused by not having required rpms installed.
   Finally got the installation instructions for the Canon PIXMA ip1300 right! They are in:
   http://software.canon-europe.com/files/soft24301/manual/guideip2200-2.60-1.tar.gz

   Have the following symlinks set:
   [waldis@localhost ~]$ ls -la /usr/lib/libpng.so.3
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2010-09-09 09:45 /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 -> libpng.so.3.43.0*
   [waldis@localhost ~]$ ls -la /usr/lib/libxml.so.1
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2010-09-09 11:20 /usr/lib/libxml.so.1 -> libxml.so.1.8.17*
   [waldis@localhost ~]$ ls -la /usr/lib/libpng.so.2
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2010-08-12 17:18 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 -> libpng.so.3.43.0*
   [waldis@localhost ~]$ ls -la /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2010-09-09 09:45 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 -> libtiff.so.3.9.2*  
   
   Then: 
   [root@localhost linsoft]# rpm -i cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386.rpm
   error: Failed dependencies:
           libxml is needed by cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386
   ...installed libxml1 via mcc
   [root@localhost linsoft]# rpm -i cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386.rpm
   [root@localhost linsoft]# rpm -i cnijfilter-ip2200-2.60-1.i386.rpm
   [root@localhost linsoft]# /etc/init.d/cups restart
   Stopping CUPS printing system:                                                               [  OK  ]
   Starting CUPS printing system:                                                               [  OK  ]
   [root@localhost linsoft]# lpadmin -p IP2200 -m canonip2200.ppd -v usb://Canon/iP1300?serial=26CB84 -E
   [root@localhost linsoft]# lpadmin -d IP2200
   ...after reboot the printer worked OK!

   Note: This works only after post-install system upgrades have been done and when several non-default cups and dbus modules are installed. I don't know which they are, but have a look at: all the rpms on my system.
7. xsane required root privileges when running at runlevel 3, with 5 it's OK again.
8. This was one of the many vexing problems with default runlevel 3. I use defaultrunlevel 5 now. The desired displaymanager has to be set in file ~/.desktop as follows: DESKTOP=[icewm-session|wjiwm|fluxwm|GNOME|...] with the entries referring to window manager start-up commands in /usr/bin. However the start-up scripts in ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc are not honored at X start.
   For icewm as window manager I put the commands to start at session initialisation in an executable file ~/.icewm/startup.
   But beware: if you call icewm with "exec icewm" it restores the default menu file in directory ~/.icewm at each start. If you call icewm with "exec icewm-session" it does that only whenever you had a different windowmanager in the last session. To stop this annoying behaviour I put my own menu file elsewhere and added a command to restore it in the ~/.icewm/startup script. Still for unknown reasons the system sometimes tampers with the menu file, which is quite disconcerting.
   I use openbox, fluxbox and mwm (the openmotif version) as alternate window managers. Script to switch windowmanagers
   ~/bin/switchwm:

   #!/usr/bin/tclsh
     set optio 0
     while { $optio != 9 } {
       puts "Switch to:"
       puts "1 Openbox"
       puts "2 Fluxbox"
       puts "3 Icewm"
       puts "4 Gnome"
       puts "5 Mwm"
       puts "9 Exit this script"
       puts "Enter the option you want"
       gets stdin optio
       if { $optio == 1 } { exec echo "DESKTOP=wjiwm" > ~/.desktop }
       if { $optio == 2 } { exec echo "DESKTOP=fluxwm" > ~/.desktop }
       if { $optio == 3 } { exec echo "DESKTOP=icewm-session" > ~/.desktop }
       if { $optio == 4 } { exec echo "DESKTOP=GNOME" > ~/.desktop }
       if { $optio == 5 } { exec echo "DESKTOP=mwmwm" > ~/.desktop }
     } 
   exit 0
   
   /usr/bin/wjiwm:
   
   #!/bin/bash
   cd
   rm -f .serv*
   aumix-text -L &
   xosview +net +cpu -load -disk -ints 
     -page -mem -swap -geometry 165x50+1099+876 &
   tint2 &
   idesk &
   ./appointk &
   exec openbox
   
   /usr/bin/fluxwm:
   
   #!/bin/bash
   cd
   rm -f .serv*
   aumix-text -L &
   xosview +cpu +net -load -disk -ints 
     -page -mem -swap -geometry 110x25+1170+915 &
   idesk &
   ./appointk &
   exec fluxbox
   
   /usr/bin/mwmwm:
   
   #!/bin/bash
   cd
   rm -f .serv*
   aumix-text -L &
   xosview +cpu +net -load -disk -ints -page -mem -swap -geometry 103x25+921+720 &
   idesk &
   ./appointk &
   exec mwm
   

   
   KDE as display manager is too sluggish for my PC, so it's not an option.
9. The new mozplugger version again had an unsuitable /etc/mozpluggerrc. Had to fix that up.

pmidi -l >/dev/null
sfxload /8MBGMSFX.SF2
touch /var/lock/subsys/local
exit 0

• Movie Driver: Microsoft AVI (RIFF) format
• Audio Format: 8 bit mono
• Sample Rate: 44,100
• Video Format: 15 Bit TrueColor (LE)
• Frames/sec: 8.0

[waldis@localhost ~]$ xawtv  TEN
This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.33.7-desktop586-2mnb)
xinerama 0: 1024x768+0+0
WARNING: No DGA support available for this display.
WARNING: keeping fbuf pitch at: 2048, as no base addr was detected
WARNING: couldn't find framebuffer base address, try manual
         configuration ("v4l-conf -a ")
v4l2: WARNING: framebuffer base address mismatch
v4l2: me=(nil) v4l=(nil)
X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  72 (X_PutImage)
  Serial number of failed request:  608
  Current serial number in output stream:  609

• log in as root.
• userdel waldis
• groupadd -g 500 waldis
• useradd -g 500 -u 500 waldis
• passwd waldis

1. Allocate partitions on the new disk with fdisk. I did:
   /dev/sdb1 3 GB /
   /dev/sdb2 10 GB /usr
   /dev/sdb3 2 GB swap
   /dev/sdb4 Rest of the disk /home
2. Make file-systems akin to: mksf.ext3 -c /dev/sdb1 followed by the others, except mkswap -c /dev/sdb3.
3. Mount the partitions of the new disk.
4. Copy old /home directory contents to the new /home partition - cp -Padfru /home/. /mnt/newhome.
5. Copy old /usr directory contents to the new /usr partition
6. Copy root directory / contents except /proc and /sys to the new root partition.
7. Allocate directories proc sys usr and home in the new root partition
8. Construct new fstab in the new system
9. Add an entry to the old system /etc/lilo.conf to enable to boot into the new one.
10. Boot into the new system with "single", mount /usr and /home, create /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo.
11. Boot from the new disk and iron out anything untoward.