27 Jun
2010
27 Jun
'10
12:41 p.m.
Hello,
While trying to upgrade my kernel and reboot to a new one, I didn’t
find 2.6.32 (the one I would like to be booted) in pyGRUB’s list.
After editing /boot/grub/menu.lst, I found that pyGRUB completely
ignores all additions and deletions, and instead it uses some older
version (even a simple change of timeout setting was ignored).
Trying to boot 2.6.32 manually (by pressing “c”) resulted in “boot
loader returned no data” errors, like if the kernel files were
missing. The same error comes up when I try to choose a kernel other
than 2.6.18-4 from the list. This suggests me that the whole /boot is
taken not from the filesystem I try to alter but from somewhere else.
I want to boot to a newer kernel until it’s too late, and I would
deeply appreciate your help with this.
My distro is Debian, and kernels are from the appropriate
linux-image-*-xen-686 packages, if that matters.
--
With apologies to Andy and maybe others annoyed by my previous
attempts of seeking help,
Kalan
27 Jun
27 Jun
12:55 p.m.
Hi Kalan,
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 04:41:42PM +0400, Kalan wrote:
While trying to upgrade my kernel and reboot to a new
one, I didn’t
find 2.6.32 (the one I would like to be booted) in pyGRUB’s list.
After editing /boot/grub/menu.lst, I found that pyGRUB completely
ignores all additions and deletions, and instead it uses some older
version (even a simple change of timeout setting was ignored).
I've never seen that before which suggests the problem is something
different.
Can you show us your menu.lst please? I assume this is with the vps
called "seaotter"?
My distro is Debian, and kernels are from the
appropriate
linux-image-*-xen-686 packages, if that matters.
lenny or squeeze?
Cheers,
Andy
--
http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
"SCSI is usually fixed by remembering that it needs three terminations: One at
each end of the chain. And the goat." -- Andrew McDonald
1:10 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:55, Andy Smith <andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
squeeze.
— Kalan
Can you show us your menu.lst please?
http://pastey.net/138081-6xns (not sure if the list accepts attachments)
I assume this is with the vps
called "seaotter"?
Right.
My distro is
Debian
lenny or squeeze?
2 p.m.
Hi Kalan,
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 05:10:50PM +0400, Kalan wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:55, Andy Smith
<andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
Interesting. I think you may be right in your assessment of what is
going on, sorry.
It thinks it is reading the file /boot/grub/menu.lst but clearly
isn't reading the one you have there.
I note that your VPS is set up in an old style where I export you a
whole disk and partition it. I did this for a short period of time
because it's more like what real machines expect, but it proved
harder for customers to grow the partitions that way, so I abandoned
it quite quickly.
I just tested by taking a snapshot of your disk and running pygrub
against your / partition (instead of your whole disk) and it worked
as I would expect. I can only assume that pygrub is getting confused
by being passed a whole disk. Perhaps seeing an old copy of this
file in some now-unused space? I don't know. Never seen this before!
Anyway I think the best thing to do will be to convert your VPS into
the new style of setup. I'm afraid it will require a shut down and
15-30 mins of downtime. When would you like me to do it? No data
will be lost, it's merely shuffling around how block devices are
presented.
Cheers
Andy
--
http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
Can you show us your menu.lst please?
http://pastey.net/138081-6xns (not sure if the list accepts attachments)
2:20 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 18:00, Andy Smith <andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
Anyway I think the best thing to do will be to convert
your VPS into
the new style of setup. I'm afraid it will require a shut down and
15-30 mins of downtime. When would you like me to do it?
The sooner the better. At
least today there’s nothing important that
can be severely disrupted by this.
— Kalan
4:05 p.m.
Hello,
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 06:20:17PM +0400, Kalan wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 18:00, Andy Smith
<andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
Oops, I wrote that reply thinking I was replying to a support
ticket. Redirecting this into the support queue now..
Cheers,
Andy
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http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
You dont have to be illiterate to use the Internet, but it help's.
-- Mike Bristow
Anyway I think the best thing to do will be to
convert your VPS into
the new style of setup. I'm afraid it will require a shut down and
15-30 mins of downtime. When would you like me to do it?
The sooner the better. At
least today there’s nothing important that
can be severely disrupted by this.
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