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On Thursday 06 Feb 2014 14:30:24 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 06/02/2014 08:19, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 05 Feb 2014 20:02:00 Joseph wrote: |
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> >> Here it is: grub.conf |
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> >> |
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> >> default 0 |
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> >> timeout 30 |
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> >> title Gentoo Current Kernel |
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> >> root (hd0,0) |
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> >> kernel /boot/kernel-current root=/dev/hda3 |
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> > Shouldn't that hda3 in the kernel line be sda3? |
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> No, he said earlier in the thread that this is an ancient box using the |
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> old deprecated IDE subsystem. |
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> His fstab refers to drives as hd? |
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Yes, I saw that after I hit Send. (So what else is new?) |
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Seems to me that too many things need updating before Joseph can switch to the |
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latest thing in init systems. |
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Maybe he should go back to his last working system (from backup?), go through |
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his kernel config piecemeal, setting sensible options, and generally bring the |
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box up to date. Then he can start experimenting with the latest ideas. (Sorry |
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Joseph, I don't mean to talk about you as though you weren't here!) |
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I forget: how many years is it since the ancient /dev/hd? scheme was |
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superseded and deprecated? |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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