On Thu 05 Mar 2015 at 00:03:28 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > No, it was not about labelling the swap partition. > > The original posting, was, I believe, seeking stepwise instructions > for recovery of the GRUB multi-OS selection bootloader, using the > Debian LiveCD.
My recollection is that you got detailed instructions. > The context from which the references to the labelling arose, related > to the partitions showing UUID's, rather than device names, and, not > showing the partition labels that had been set, thence, not indicating > into which partitions, the operating systems had been installed, or, > which had been, prior to the installation of the trojan horse > operating system, the partition that had the GRUB configuration > installed, for the reinstallation of the GRUB multi-OS selection > bootloader. > > In trying to restore GRUB, a question was asked, that was something > like "Into which of the following partitions, do you want the root > system installed", and, the list there, was /dev/sda<x>, with no > partition labels. "something like" isn't good enough. > Neither that screen, nor the one that showed the partitions, > identified using the UUID's (which, to a user like me, in the context > of trying to restore the GRUB multi-OS selection bootloader, are > meaningless, and, as useful as listing the subatomic particles, or the > elements of the Periodic Table), showed the labels that had been set > for the partitions, and so, did not show into which partition, each of > the operating systems had been installed. You were advised on how to identify the operating system on a partition. > So, the problem remains unresolved, and the issues involved, have been > buried by the other material that has been posted in the thread, and > it is all now confused. > > And, as it has all become so complicated and difficult, with the > difficulties of life with which I have to deal, it all (trying to fix > the particular computer system, to get it operational again) has to > wait, until I can find time to deal with it further. When you do get to deal with it you will find the advice you have been given very useful. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/04032015182910.ab7c9d99c...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
