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Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd

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On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 08:17:38PM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> On 6/5/21, Martin McCormick <martin.m@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> > First I greatly appreciate all this information as the idea is to
> > fix a problem I probably created long ago though I am not sure
> > how but the short story is that apt-get upgrade ran update-grub
> > and update-initramfs late last Fall and I was able to rescue it
> > but it happened again at the end of April so I figured I had
> > better fix it correctly since I didn't know it was a ticking
> > bomb.
> 
> 
> In a different email where deloptes says...
> 
> On 6/5/21, deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have cloned many installations. You are right if done with dd UUID is the
> > same - but this is perhaps not exactly what you want. I usually either boot
> > in rescue (initrd shell) or have a USB or Debian installation medium to
> > chroot and adjust some settings
> 
> 
> Right there at that part is where I run "update-initramfs -u" in my
> own similar kind of maneuvering. THEN I do this
> 
> 
> > and finally execute install/update-grub.
> > Now with UEFI it is more likely you have a slightly different use case but
> > UUIDs are what they are.
> 
> 
> My success rate has been much higher since taking that tactic. One
> caveat. I'm using LILO these days because GRUB refused to acknowledge
> GPT hard drives in my usage case.
> 
Hi Cindy-Sue

If you're using LILO you are _REALLY_ on your own since LILO is not 
maintained any more. IMHO, you really, really need to convert to grub somehow 

Where possible, I suggest moving to UEFI boot and grub in all cases when 
installing Debian.. "Legacy" [MBR] boot is going away and GPT disks are 
standard for larger disks. It doesn't work for all machines - I've an HP 
Microserver that will live on legacy MBR forever - but for most things built 
in the last 5-10 years there's an option to use UEFI.

All the very best

Andy C.

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A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-05 19:50 +0200
  Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-06-05 20:10 +0200
  Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-06-05 20:30 +0200
    Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-05 21:30 +0200
  Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-06-05 21:30 +0200
    Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-05 23:30 +0200
      Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-06 01:20 +0200
      Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-06-06 01:50 +0200
      Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-06-06 02:20 +0200
        Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-06-06 04:30 +0200
        Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-06-06 14:30 +0200
  Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-06 13:20 +0200
    Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-06 20:40 +0200
      Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-06-06 22:40 +0200
        Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-07 00:00 +0200
          Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-07 03:10 +0200
          Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-06-07 04:40 +0200
            Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-07 14:20 +0200
            Grub Success at Last "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2021-06-09 00:20 +0200
              Re: Grub Success at Last, but way offtopic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-06-09 01:00 +0200
    Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-06-07 20:40 +0200

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