[Bug 219192] Re: [hardy] livecd: keyword "persistent" results in busybox and (initramfs)

2008-05-03 Thread mikeXYZ
psypher: “... can anyone point me to a really good live cd howto that would apply to hardy but which uses grub as a bootloader instead of syslinux?” I use GRUB in building all my UFDs. Not an expert, but I do it and write up a how-to for others. I'm currently updating this for Hardy, but it's

[Bug 219192] Re: [hardy] livecd: keyword "persistent" results in busybox and (initramfs)

2008-05-11 Thread mikeXYZ
I don't know the extent this would help you guys, but ... Short version: I (and others, but not everyone) found that to make this work best, and specifically to ensure persistence, it helps to use ext3 for the casper-rw partition (and I have used ext3 for both partitions this time with 8.04: the

[Bug 219192] Re: [hardy] livecd: keyword "persistent" results in busybox and (initramfs)

2008-05-11 Thread mikeXYZ
I use GParted Live CD to partition and format everything :) (haven't used CLI for such for a long time, but I'm sure someone here does) -- [hardy] livecd: keyword "persistent" results in busybox and (initramfs) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219192 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 125702] Re: failure to umount local filesystems - gutsy tribe 2

2008-01-12 Thread mikeXYZ
For me, same as reported by waxhell (above). Issue with: Kubuntu 7.10 on UFD, Live Persistent. I've tried using ext3 and I get the same segmentation fault. I did not test the extent of data corruption using ext3 (vs ext2), but I suspect it will show up upon repeated re-boots. I have also seen

[Bug 125702] Re: failure to umount local filesystems - gutsy tribe 2

2008-01-12 Thread mikeXYZ
As waxhell also reported, it seems to be working better with casper-rw formatted as ext3 instead of ext2. In fact, everything thus far seems fine after 4 re-boots and conducting persistent activity each time. But I do get some messages: When I log out and re-boot from the live persistent session

[Bug 125702] Re: failure to umount local filesystems - gutsy tribe 2

2008-03-29 Thread mikeXYZ
Ron Z, that's not the case for my experience with this bug (corrupt files already there somehow)--it's clearly a shutdown issue for me & have seen this elsewhere, too. btw, As for the flash drive, if I have a working, bootable flash drive (e.g., live persistent Kubuntu 7.10), I clone it easily w

[Bug 75051] Re: Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10

2007-02-20 Thread mikeXYZ
I'm sending the files you requested. Hope this flies -- I'm new at this. Mike ** Attachment added: "dmesg" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6479737/dmesg.log -- Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10 https://launchpad.net/bugs/75051 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com http

[Bug 75051] Re: Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10

2007-02-20 Thread mikeXYZ
uname -a Linux mike-desktop 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:28:26 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux ** Attachment added: "lspci" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6479736/lspci-vvnn.log -- Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10 https://launchpad.net/bugs/75051 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bug

[Bug 75051] Re: Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10

2007-02-20 Thread mikeXYZ
There's the info you requested (above). Please note that I did apply the "fix" mentioned above quite some time ago. I found that fix at the Kubuntu forum. Also, in the kernel update, 2.6.17-11 I did NOT have this problem. (I logged into the "old" 2.6.17-10 to get the files you asked for.) Of c

Re: [Bug 75051] Re: Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10

2007-02-20 Thread mikeXYZ
Brian: That's correct: no problems with 2.16.17-11. (The problem was only with 2.16.17-10.) Thanks, Mike Anderson - Original Message - From: "Brian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:40 AM Subject: [Bug 75051] Re: Restart doesn't wor

[Bug 75051] Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10

2006-12-08 Thread mikeXYZ
Public bug reported: (I'm new to Linux) I downloaded and installed Kubuntu 6.10 on 11-18-06. If I try to click the Re-start button (in the shutdown menu from K-menu), it looks like it is going to re-start, but actually the screen just goes black and sits there . . . until I manually press the res

[Bug 75051] Restart doesn't work in Kubuntu 6.10

2007-02-07 Thread mikeXYZ
Public bug reported: (I'm new to Linux) I downloaded and installed Kubuntu 6.10 on 11-18-06. If I try to click the Re-start button (in the shutdown menu from K-menu), it looks like it is going to re-start, but actually the screen just goes black and sits there . . . until I manually press the res

[Bug 445416] Re: grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.

2009-12-04 Thread mikeXYZ
Just a general comment as I stumble on this "bug" report: I have routinely installed GRUB 2 to various partition boot sectors (as with sudo grub-install /dev/sdxn), and never had a problem using that to chainload the partition. I do, however, get that Warning message (This is a Bad Idea, etc.).

[Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-10-16 Thread mikeXYZ
Me, too. With both 1.97 beta3 and beta4. Dual boot/two drives. 70-second delay. The "problem installation": Dual booting two hard drives (on an Intel D915GAVL mobo). GRUB 2 is installed to the MBR of sda, and sda is the first BIOS boot drive. The Kubuntu 9.10 OS (where /boot/grub is) is on sdb2

[Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-10-30 Thread mikeXYZ
A user shouldn't have to change the boot order to get the new-and- improved GRUB to work reasonably well. Many users have Windows on a first-in-BIOS HDD "sda" and boot from that HDD by installing GRUB to its MBR, in preference to maintaining their Windows on a non-first HDD (requiring devicemap an

[Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-10-30 Thread mikeXYZ
"Windows update shouldn't at all affect this." Actually, I've only been told this and read it from rabbit Windows users, just hearsay; namely that after certain updates that also tamper with their boot/bootmanager, they find problems with their dual booting and have to re-install GRUB to fix it.