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Bug#561092: Linux-image-2.6.30+ post-install



On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 16:45 +0330, Eliad Baqerzadegan wrote:
> Package: Linux-image-2.6.30-2-686
> Version: 2.6.30-8squeeze1
> 
> In the post-install, the menu.lst file is rewriten and it includes
> lines like these:
> 
> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.30-2-686
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
> 
> title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.30-2-686 (single-user mode)
> root        (hd0,0)
> kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
> initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686
> 
> --------------
> I think:
> 
> * in menu.lst: /dev/hda1 must be changed to /dev/sda1

No, it should be changed to identify the partition by label or UUID.
There is a comment specifying the command-line arguments to be used in
each entry; you need to change that and then run update-grub.

> * fstab must also be modified. At least for the first time upgrading
> from stable to testing/unstable
> 
> This is also the case for Linux-image-2.6.31 and Linux-image-2.6.32
> and other platforms.

I'm working on an upgrade script which will do something like this
automatically (after asking the user).

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

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