-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've been using Debian on my servers, desktops, and laptops for several years. This morning, there was an update for my main server (lenny amd64); I ran it and rebooted, like I have hundreds of times before, and I got to spend 3 hours finding a way around grub's saying, "error: initrd - unknown command" to get back online.
A few months ago, udev started replacing /dev/tape, the name expected to be a link to the main tape device, with a directory. The Debian maintainer said, "mt will need to be fixed, /dev/tape/ is the standard for Linux system. If you disagree, feel free to discuss this with the upstream maintainer." Of course I disagree. I replaced the directory and made my backups work. The nagios3 package won't uninstall because the prerm shell script has a trivial syntax error (missing 'then' after an 'if') that would have been detected instantly if it had ever been run. There've been bugs filed against this; as part of my own filing, I submitted a fixed script. The bug's still open. My servers are still broken -- they wouldn't boot after a power failure. All google found for me found was people saying "dunno", talk about the Debian bug report on this, and (finally) a workaround from a Brad Rogers, I think, that got them to boot from the grub command line. Debian stable used to be completely reliable. Anybody have any idea what's going on? Workaround link: http://osdir.com/answers/debian/20294-grub-failure-after-recent-dist-upgrade.html You might want to print this on a piece of paper and hang it on the wall in the server room. - -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknFONwACgkQ04yQfZbbTLb4UgCdE5CNsbuHkXz5rF51ZwtQUxVb WO8An1Be13+Kywkh3B3X1Z7AAWB8+mSp =5KaY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
