Account for Debian group mail put forth on 1/28/2010 9:40 PM: > On one of my machines that I'm trying to upgrade to Lenny has a XFS > root-boot file system. > > The upgrade docs state that I need to switch from lilo to grub for a > Lenny upgrade. But I cannot get grub to install on this XFS boot file > system, it just hangs up.
> Anyone know how to get this done? Yes. Stop messing with grub and stick with lilo. This part of the Lenny release notes threw me for a loop as well, but it's no big deal. Keep in mind that the distribution upgrade process does not replace the kernel or sysklogd automatically. You must manually swap them out after the upgrade. Same with lilo. The upgrade itself will go off without a hitch if your Etch kernel is somewhere close to 2.6.24. I upgraded to 2.6.24 right before doing the dist upgrade to Lenny and all went smoothly. For that matter you could keep on running with 2.6.24 without upgrading to 2.6.26, and this becomes a non-issue. The problem described in the release notes arises when you try to install a stock Lenny initrd 2.6.26 kernel _after_ the dist upgrade. Apparently some of the stock Lenny kernels have an initrd image that's too large for lilo to handle. My recommendation: After the upgrade, grab the 2.6.32.7 source from kernel.org and build yourself a non-initrd custom kernel with only the drivers and modules you need, and you'll never come close to this "lilo limit". I've been using small custom kernels for years, and I'm still using lilo with Lenny, and will be using lilo with the next Debian stable, and beyond. Lastly, IIRC, the latest versions of lilo don't have this initrd size issue. I'm not sure about the lilo rev that ships with Lenny. Hope this information is helpful in one way or another. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
