Le 29/12/2017 à 23:46, Dan Norton a écrit :
On 12/29/2017 08:52 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
The details for other detected OSes are provided by os-prober. The
entry title for the main OS is derived from the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR
variable in /etc/default/grub. You can tweak it to fit your needs. If
On 12/29/2017 08:52 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 21/12/2017 à 20:07, Dan Norton a écrit :
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: A615A904-0620-459F-BF44-5E53E54FDF24
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 411647 409600 200M BIOS boot
(...)
Is the
Le 21/12/2017 à 20:07, Dan Norton a écrit :
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: A615A904-0620-459F-BF44-5E53E54FDF24
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 411647 409600 200M BIOS boot
(...)
Is there a problem here?
Yes. /dev/sda1 has the type
On 12/28/2017 04:48 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 24/12/2017 à 05:36, Felix Miata a écrit :
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 19:15 (UTC-0500):
The menu inside the box is:
Debian GNU/Linux
Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux
Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)
Advanced opt
Le 24/12/2017 à 05:36, Felix Miata a écrit :
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 19:15 (UTC-0500):
The menu inside the box is:
Debian GNU/Linux
Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux
Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)
Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/ma
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-27 18:59 (UTC-0500):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> Is there more than one directory in /boot/efi/EFI/? If not, it's likely time
>> for
>> you to explore using /etc/default/grub's GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= option. I need to
>> (only one Debian, but 3 openSUSEs installed), but hav
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-27 18:59 (UTC-0500):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> Based on what I see and what you say, it seems you are modifying the timeout
>> for
>> Stretch (/etc/default/grub on vol2), but actually booting Stretch from
>> Jessie's
>> grub.cfg (/etc/default/grub on vol1), which re
On 12/23/2017 11:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 19:15 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
The menu inside the box is:
Debian GNU/Linux
Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux
Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)
Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux 8 (j
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 19:15 (UTC-0500):
> Felix Miata wrote:
> The menu inside the box is:
> Debian GNU/Linux
> Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux
> Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)
> Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)
On 12/23/2017 04:35 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 15:12 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
[...]
It's not so easy to figure out when POST is over with UEFI. Here, it seems
efibootmgr -t provides extra delay beyond what the BIOS defines for you to make
a selection from i
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 15:12 (UTC-0500):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> [...]
>> It's not so easy to figure out when POST is over with UEFI. Here, it seems
>> efibootmgr -t provides extra delay beyond what the BIOS defines for you to
>> make
>> a selection from its own boot device selection
On 12/21/2017 05:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
[...]
It's not so easy to figure out when POST is over with UEFI. Here, it seems
efibootmgr -t provides extra delay beyond what the BIOS defines for you to make
a selection from its own boot device selection menu, which requires an F12
keystroke here to
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-21 16:53 (UTC-0500):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-21 14:07 (UTC-0500):
>>> There are still mysteries I have not solved. For some reason, GRUB has
>>> decided that after POST, you only need 3 seconds to choose which
>>> installation to boot
On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:53:19 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
> [1] "Insanity is doing the same thing over & over again and expecting
> a different result." - Einstein
>
Probably the single most stupid thing he ever said, given that he also
said 'God does not play dice', showing that he knew what dice
On 12/21/2017 02:54 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-21 14:07 (UTC-0500):
2. You will make extra work for yourself by having a common swap
partition for all installations. With the common swap, each new
installation gave rise to these messages:
a. "gave up waiting for s
Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-21 14:07 (UTC-0500):
> 2. You will make extra work for yourself by having a common swap
> partition for all installations. With the common swap, each new
> installation gave rise to these messages:
> a. "gave up waiting for suspend/resume device"
> b. "a st
On 12/21/2017 04:36 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Felix Miata composed on 2017-11-29 13:55 (UTC-0500):
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-28 22:15 (UTC-0500):
dan@debian8:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 *
Felix Miata composed on 2017-11-29 13:55 (UTC-0500):
> Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-28 22:15 (UTC-0500):
>> dan@debian8:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda
>> Command (m for help): p
>> Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
>> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>> Sector size
On 11/29/2017 04:29 PM, Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/29/2017 03:57 PM, Joe wrote:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:37:46 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/29/2017 01:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-29 13:07 (UTC-0500):
After POST, the following appears:
[...]
PXE-E53: No boot filena
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:06:53 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
> >
> > [1] http://www.av8n.com/computer/htm/grub-reinstall.htm
>
> Well that won't fly. Booted Debian-Live 8.8.0 amd64 Standard and
> reached Step 8 in section 1.1 of [1] which called for "grub-install
> --root-directory=/x $drive" but gr
On 11/29/2017 03:57 PM, Joe wrote:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:37:46 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/29/2017 01:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-29 13:07 (UTC-0500):
After POST, the following appears:
[...]
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM.
ERROR
On 11/29/2017 03:37 PM, Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/29/2017 01:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-29 13:07 (UTC-0500):
After POST, the following appears:
[...]
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM.
ERROR:No boot disk has been detected or the disk has
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:37:46 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
> On 11/29/2017 01:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> > Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-29 13:07 (UTC-0500):
> >> After POST, the following appears:
> >> [...]
> >> PXE-E53: No boot filename received
> >> PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM.
> >> ERROR:No boot
On 11/29/2017 01:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-29 13:07 (UTC-0500):
After POST, the following appears:
[...]
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM.
ERROR:No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed.
It tries to PXE boot because it fin
Felix Miata composed on 2017-11-29 13:55 (UTC-0500):
> Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-28 22:15 (UTC-0500):
>> dan@debian8:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda
>> Command (m for help): p
>> Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
>> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>> Sector size
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-28 22:15 (UTC-0500):
> dan@debian8:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda
> Command (m for help): p
> Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:19:13 +
Joe wrote:
Wrong button. Let's try again:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:07:01 -0500
> Dan Norton wrote:
>
> >
> > After POST, the following appears:
> >
> > [...]
> > PXE-E53: No boot filename received
> > PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM.
> > ERROR:No boot disk has be
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-29 13:07 (UTC-0500):
> After POST, the following appears:
> [...]
> PXE-E53: No boot filename received
> PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM.
> ERROR:No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed.
It tries to PXE boot because it finds no bootable storage device: there i
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:07:01 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
> On 11/16/2017 03:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> > Joe composed on 2017-11-16 19:27 (UTC):
> >
> >> I see the date of the page is 2015,
> > IIRC, that 2015 update was all about updating and/or replacing
> > broken links.
> >> Multiple OSes w
On 11/16/2017 03:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Joe composed on 2017-11-16 19:27 (UTC):
I see the date of the page is 2015,
IIRC, that 2015 update was all about updating and/or replacing broken links.
Multiple OSes will still use one overall bootloader, which may or may
not redirect to other boot
On 11/29/2017 03:59 AM, Joe wrote:
On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:15:22 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/13/2017 01:55 PM, Joe wrote:
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:01:27 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of
directories. Please say more about how to mou
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 09:38:59PM -0500, Dan Norton wrote:
How do you set up LVM so that install does not clobber one of the
siblings? During installation, for partitioning, do you pick "Manual"
or "Guided -*" ?
Manual. Guided -* is very likely to result in you clobbering the
existing partiti
On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:15:22 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
> On 11/13/2017 01:55 PM, Joe wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:01:27 -0500
> > Dan Norton wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of
> >> directories. Please say more about how to mount the other
>
On 29 November 2017 at 03:15, Dan Norton wrote:
>
> On 11/13/2017 01:55 PM, Joe wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:01:27 -0500
> Dan Norton wrote:
>
>
>
> Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of
> directories. Please say more about how to mount the other
> installation a
On 11/13/2017 01:55 PM, Joe wrote:
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:01:27 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of
directories. Please say more about how to mount the other
installation and share data. How to mount things in another volume
group?
Good
On 11/16/2017 02:27 PM, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:34:52 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/13/2017 09:52 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 21:38 (UTC-0500):
How do you set up LVM so that install does not clobber one of the
siblings? During installation, for par
On 11/16/2017 02:06 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-16 13:34 (UTC-0500):
A better description of what I want is "multiboot", instead of "dual
boot" in this thread. I can see having up to 4 systems installed, all
Debians, on one disk drive. There is an item in [1] which I
Joe composed on 2017-11-16 19:27 (UTC):
> I see the date of the page is 2015,
IIRC, that 2015 update was all about updating and/or replacing broken links.
> Multiple OSes will still use one overall bootloader, which may or may
> not redirect to other bootloaders. It is common, therefore, to use
On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:34:52 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
> On 11/13/2017 09:52 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> > Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 21:38 (UTC-0500):
> >
> >> How do you set up LVM so that install does not clobber one of the
> >> siblings? During installation, for partitioning, do you pick
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-16 13:34 (UTC-0500):
> A better description of what I want is "multiboot", instead of "dual
> boot" in this thread. I can see having up to 4 systems installed, all
> Debians, on one disk drive. There is an item in [1] which I see that reads:
> 6. Disable LVM su
On 11/13/2017 09:52 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 21:38 (UTC-0500):
How do you set up LVM so that install does not clobber one of the
siblings? During installation, for partitioning, do you pick "Manual" or
"Guided -*" ?
I don't think I've ever used Debian's, or an
On 11/13/2017 09:52 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 21:38 (UTC-0500):
How do you set up LVM so that install does not clobber one of the
siblings? During installation, for partitioning, do you pick "Manual" or
"Guided -*" ?
I don't think I've ever used Debian's, or an
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 21:38 (UTC-0500):
> How do you set up LVM so that install does not clobber one of the
> siblings? During installation, for partitioning, do you pick "Manual" or
> "Guided -*" ?
I don't think I've ever used Debian's, or any Debian derivative's, "guided". I
can't
On 11/13/2017 07:42 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 18:04 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
There's no need for separate home file systems to keep one installation from
causing corruption to another's user settings. Simply do not reuse UIDs[1].
On your first, your Jessi
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 18:04 (UTC-0500):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> There's no need for separate home file systems to keep one installation from
>> causing corruption to another's user settings. Simply do not reuse UIDs[1].
>> On your first, your Jessie probably has a user dan with UID 1
On 11/13/17 15:27, Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/13/2017 02:14 PM, David Christensen wrote:
[...]
Disk space is far cheaper than data loss. Don't make the mistake of
trying to save money through partition, LVM, file system, etc.,
gymnastics rather than simply buying another drive and doing it the
On 11/13/2017 02:14 PM, David Christensen wrote:
[...]
Disk space is far cheaper than data loss. Don't make the mistake of
trying to save money through partition, LVM, file system, etc.,
gymnastics rather than simply buying another drive and doing it the
KISS way.
Well I'm much in favor
On 11/13/2017 02:08 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 10:26 (UTC-0500):
David Christensen wrote:
Dan Norton wrote:
My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I
have used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during
that year. Now
Dan Norton:
> On 11/13/2017 03:53 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote:
>> Dan Norton:
>>
>>> LVM reports as follows:
>>>
>>> dan@debian:/$ sudo vgdisplay -C
>>>VG #PV #LV #SN AttrVSize VFree
>>>debian-vg 1 5 0wz--n- 976.56g 938.20g
>>
>> You can vgreduce debian-vg ea
On 11/13/2017 02:08 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 10:26 (UTC-0500):
David Christensen wrote:
Dan Norton wrote:
My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I
have used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during
that year. Now
On 11/13/17 07:26, Dan Norton wrote:
On 11/13/2017 01:10 AM, David Christensen wrote:
1. Image, backup, and/or archive everything. You will especially
want to get a copy of the /etc tree onto a USB flash drive so you can
see LVM, fstab, etc., configuration settings for mounting the Debian
Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 10:26 (UTC-0500):
> David Christensen wrote:
>> Dan Norton wrote:
>>> My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I
>>> have used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during
>>> that year. Now I want to leave 8 in place an
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:01:27 -0500
Dan Norton wrote:
> Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of
> directories. Please say more about how to mount the other
> installation and share data. How to mount things in another volume
> group?
>
Good advice so far, but to add a
On 11/13/2017 11:07 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:01:27AM -0500, Dan Norton wrote:
Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of
directories. Please say more about how to mount the other installation and
share data. How to mount things in another v
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:01:27AM -0500, Dan Norton wrote:
>
> Although I didn't say so, each install would have its own set of
> directories. Please say more about how to mount the other installation and
> share data. How to mount things in another volume group?
>
That would be as simple as cre
On 11/13/2017 06:56 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 10:27:36PM -0500, Dan Norton wrote:
My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I have
used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during that year.
Now I want to leave 8 in place and
On 11/13/2017 03:53 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote:
Dan Norton:
henny|i
My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I have
used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during that year.
Now I want to leave 8 in place and do a network install for Debian 9 on the
sam
On 11/13/2017 01:10 AM, David Christensen wrote:
On 11/12/17 19:27, Dan Norton wrote:
My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I
have used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during
that year. Now I want to leave 8 in place and do a network install
f
On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 10:27:36PM -0500, Dan Norton wrote:
> My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I have
> used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during that year.
> Now I want to leave 8 in place and do a network install for Debian 9 on the
> same d
Dan Norton:
henny|i
> My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I have
> used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during that year.
> Now I want to leave 8 in place and do a network install for Debian 9 on the
> same disk and switch back and forth at boot ti
On 11/12/17 19:27, Dan Norton wrote:
My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I
have used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during that
year. Now I want to leave 8 in place and do a network install for Debian
9 on the same disk and switch back and for
My first Linux install was about one year ago. After some missteps, I
have used Debian 8 in reasonable satisfaction on the desktop during that
year. Now I want to leave 8 in place and do a network install for Debian
9 on the same disk and switch back and forth at boot time. LVM reports
as follo
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