Grub2 is not updated / grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)

2024-05-04 Thread Javier Perez
Hi. Since Kernel 6.8 it looks like grub.conf is not being updated. The files are installed but grub.cfg is not updated. During installation I see this error: Running scriptlet: kernel-modules-core-6.8.8-200.fc39.x86_64 49/49 Running scriptlet: kernel-core-6.8.8-200.fc39.x86_64 49/49 /

Re: Grub2 is not updated / grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)

2024-05-04 Thread Javier Perez
Ok, I think I solved it. I created the entry manually for Kernel 6.8.8 on grub.cfg and rebooted. Once in this kernel, I dnf reinstalled it and everything seems to have worked fine. dnf did not show any error and I had journalctl -f on another terminal and did not see any error either. I am going to

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:05 PM Sam Varshavchik wrote: > It's something with that particular, older hardware, not the iso file. > > An old memory resurfaced: I dimly recalled having problems with using USB > storage devices on the two USB 3.0 ports on that laptop. This was back in > the days with

Re: How to increase size of /boot partition

2024-05-04 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 2:52 PM richard emberson wrote: > Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: > dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. > I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older > of the two kernels. I

What is Castor ? Att.Jonathan Billings.

2024-05-04 Thread Ger van Dijck
Hi, A bit late Jonathan but here is my answer. After upgrade to Fedora 40 all runs perfect , but the login prompt looks as follows : [root@castor GervanDijck] # Suddenly the router a Fritz-Box 7490 detects the Name Castor with IP192.168.178.29 (not connectebel) with a MAC number and the

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 08:28 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > Over the years, linux has had workarounds for hardware > idiosyncrasies. I think some of those workarounds are being dropped > or lost as support for newer hardware is added with new and improved > code. > > You should not be surprise

Re: What is Castor ? Att.Jonathan Billings.

2024-05-04 Thread Roger Heflin
castor is someplace on your machine defined as the linux node's hostname. dhcp-client does deliver the defined hostname in the dhcp requests/responses to the router when it asks for the IP address. What does 'hostname' report? and 'hostnamectl' report as the hostname? On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 10

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM George N. White III wrote: > [...] > > You should not be surprised by issues with recent kernels and hardware > over a decade > old. > It may be worth pointing out that the kernel still supports the ISA bus, which is early IBM PC support. If the kernel supports a 4

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 14:53 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM George N. White III > wrote: > > > [...] > > > > You should not be surprised by issues with recent kernels and > > hardware > > over a decade > > old. > > > > It may be worth pointing out that the kernel

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 22:32 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > "Support" isn't binary. I have a 10-year old MSI motherboard and get a > slew of ACPI errors every time I boot. They don't seem to affect > anything but they're there. I presume that a more modern mobo would > have fewer of these, if a

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread George N. White III
On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 8:40 PM Tim via users wrote: > On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 22:32 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > "Support" isn't binary. I have a 10-year old MSI motherboard and get a > > slew of ACPI errors every time I boot. They don't seem to affect > > anything but they're there. I pre

Re: Grub2 is not updated / grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)

2024-05-04 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/4/24 1:26 AM, Javier Perez wrote: Ok, I think I solved it. I created the entry manually for Kernel 6.8.8 on grub.cfg and rebooted. Once in this kernel, I dnf reinstalled it and everything seems to have worked fine. dnf did not show any error and I had journalctl -f on another terminal and

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 5:33 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 14:53 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM George N. White III > > wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > > > > You should not be surprised by issues with recent kernels and > > > hardware > > > ov

Re: Grub2 is not updated / grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)

2024-05-04 Thread Javier Perez
Don' know. I have been dnf upgrading this system almost since Fedora was simple digits. .🤔 I am planning a new build for F40 and definitely clean install it. On Sat, May 4, 2024, 19:00 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/4/24 1:26 AM, Javier Perez wrote: > > Ok, I think I solved it. > > I created the entr

Re: Grub2 is not updated / grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)

2024-05-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 8:11 PM Javier Perez wrote: > Don' know. I have been dnf upgrading this system almost since Fedora was > simple digits. .🤔 > I am planning a new build for F40 and definitely clean install it. > There are post-upgrade tasks that should be performed to keep the system tidy.

Re: Grub2 is not updated / grub2-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)

2024-05-04 Thread Javier Perez
I usually keep the old version. From time to time I do a diff check to see if there is something new and research the change. On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 8:06 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 8:11 PM Javier Perez wrote: > >> Don' know. I have been dnf upgrading this system almos