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Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot

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On 01/11/2018 01:28 PM, bw wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> On 01/11/2018 11:35 AM, bw wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>> Sounds complicated, one version of grub but
>>> separate boot partitions always gets me confused too.
>>
>> Not sure best solution.
>> But I'm used to it and have not discovered any potholes. YET ;/
>> I've had it that way since Squeeze in order to force update-grub
>> to be run-able from only one environment.
>> At the time I was doing multiple install in a day to experiment
>> with package complement and configurations.
>>
>>
>
> Well, I admit I do the same thing on one machine.  I have jessie,
> stretch with fluxbox, and stretch with kde and I hate it when I
> upgrade a kernel and get grub menu inconsistent so i purged grub
> pkg on two of them.  I have used chroot in the past in an emergency
> to update-initramfs, but this setup is pretty solid with an edited
> 40-custom file on the grub machine.

Any pointers to a good tutorial on NN-custom files?

>
> I'm thinking a common /boot partition would be easier but not sure
> how to set that up.

I've seen mention of effectively a minimalist kernel and *ONLY* those 
packages required for Grub to function. Never found directions for 
setting one up. I don't know if a common /boot partition would work on 
one of my machines with Windows and a arbitrary collection of Linux vendors.

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Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-10 15:30 +0100
  Re: Strange message during boot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-10 16:00 +0100
  Re: Strange message during boot Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-01-10 16:40 +0100
  Re: Strange message during boot Jeroen Mathon <jeroenmathonmac@gmail.com> - 2018-01-11 09:40 +0100
    Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-11 11:40 +0100
      Re: Strange message during boot rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-11 14:30 +0100
        Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-11 15:40 +0100
          Re: Strange message during boot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-11 15:50 +0100
            Re: Strange message during boot Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-11 16:30 +0100
              Re: Strange message during boot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-11 16:30 +0100
                Re: Strange message during boot Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-11 16:40 +0100
                Re: Strange message during boot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-11 16:50 +0100
                Re: Strange message during boot Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-01-11 18:40 +0100
            Re: Strange message during boot Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-13 11:50 +0100
              [LIKELY Resolved] - was [Re: Strange message during boot] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-13 13:50 +0100
  Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-11 18:20 +0100
    Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-11 18:40 +0100
      Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-11 18:40 +0100
        Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-11 18:50 +0100
          Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-12 14:00 +0100
        Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-12 17:10 +0100
      Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-11 19:50 +0100
        Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-11 20:30 +0100
          Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-12 13:10 +0100
  [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-11 18:20 +0100
    Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-11 18:30 +0100
      Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-12 17:10 +0100
    Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-11 20:50 +0100
      Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-12 13:30 +0100
        Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-12 16:30 +0100
          Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during boot Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-12 17:30 +0100
          HELP!! - was [Re: [Diagnostic Summary] Re: Strange message during  boot] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-13 02:50 +0100

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