On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:21:30 +0200
Aniruddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 10:26 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > I *think* it works, but this is your data... > > > > > I suspect that running update-grub isn't mandatory, I can always > > > update menu.lst by hand right? > > > > Of course, but if you update the kernel stanza directly your > > changes will be overwritten on the next kernel upgrade ;) > > > > Regards, > > Andrei > > Ok, I'll use e2label from a livecd (hence my question about chrooting > Debian). Off course I use the space beneath the automagic kernel > list ;). I have to do this because Debian automagically configures > menu.lst wrong, but this is another story. > > as reference I found this: "The ext2 library has been enhanced to make tune2fs safe to run on mounted filesystems. (Users could usually get away with using tune2fs on mounted filesystems before, but with the advent of ext3 and journaling, it became important to make tune2fs was *really* safe for use even when the filesystem being modified is mounted.) E2label is now implemented by tune2fs using an argv[0] dispatch, so that e2label is also now safe for use on mounted filesystems." from here: http://www.math.ias.edu/doc/e2fsprogs-1.35/RELEASE-NOTES
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