Re: Upgrading the old OS vs. fresh installation of the new OS
On Thursday 10 March 2011 02:21:24 pm Paul E Condon wrote:
> Dual boot has gotten somewhat messy, IMHO, since the introduction of
> UUIDs in /etc/fstab. When one boots into the old installation, the
> /etc/fstab is incapable of mounting the newer installation because
> the old UUID on that root partition has been clobbered.
>
> At least I haven't figured out a convenient way to switch back and
> forth. Any suggestions?
On one box I changed my Lenny install fstab to use uuid's early on. I have not
experienced the 'clobbered uuid' issue when I installed a second root partition.
Maybe all you need to do is run 'blkid' again and make sure grub and the fstab(s)
agree.
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Peace,
Greg
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