Re: weired problem around grub2
On the 07/02/2011 09:54, Geronimo wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote:
>> Hello, did you check (blkid, vol_id ...) that you don't have two
>> partitions with the same UUID, since one is a "restored image" it's
>> possible that it still has the original UUID, and grub is going to look
>> at UUID's first.
>>
>> My 2 cents...
>
> Good point! - No, I did not thought about that.
> So just checked this:
>
> cat /proc/partitions | grep "[0-9]$" | wc
> - result is 12
>
> ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ | wc
> - result is 12 too
>
> Thinking a bit closer to my way of backup and restore - it could not have
> happened. I used tar with --one-file-system for backup and -p on restore,
> which should not touch the uuid or label of a filesystem.
>
> kind regards
>
> Gero
>
>
Ok, when i read "restored image" I though you where using a bit-for-bit
copy of the original partitions. You'll have to keep looking then, sorry !
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