On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:54:11 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> Right now, it's only a working setup for one kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64. >> If you're not going to make these changes, you might as well >> de-install the other kernels. They will not boot, so what good are >> they? What 2.6.32-5-amd64 calls /dev/sda is a PATA disk, which will be >> treated as /dev/hda by all the other kernels. > > I got rid of the unused images because I really don't need them. > I put in all the UUID and dev/by-id changes and much to my relief the > system still boots !
Good! Don't forget to re-run lilo after making the changes, if you haven't already done so. The change to the root specification requires that lilo be re-run. >> # /etc/fstab: static file system information. >> # >> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> >> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 >> UUID=a948d6b6-8395-49a1-9f0f-21a10ceee9c2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro >> 0 1 >> # /dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 >> UUID=4b764501-da53-4323-a751-3da37d7e2a91 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 >> # /dev/sda3 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 >> UUID=558d7790-5914-494d-938f-3387296eed45 none swap sw 0 0 >> # /dev/sda4 none swap sw 0 0 >> ... > > ok, I put this in too. Is there any way to validate the fstab file so > that I know it's right ?? I mean other than umount and mount... There are a couple of ways. One way is to use the blkid command. For example, blkid /dev/sda2 will return the uuid of /dev/sda2. The other way is to issue ls -Al /dev/disk/by-uuid/ which will list all the udev-created symbolic links that have a uuid in them and what they are links to. I prefer the second method because it lists them all with a single command and also because it makes sure that udev (at least this portion of it) is working properly. > p.s. again, thank you. You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1073334106.449362.1286071636079.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
