On 08/28/2017 10:55 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Grub seems a lot more complicated now than it used to be a few years > ago when I last upgraded Debian from one release to another. > > My usual procedure is to copy the system to new partitions (adjusting > the size according to what I actually guess I might need), > editig the copied /etc/fstab, making sure the old and new systems boot > properly and mount the right partitions, and then upgrading the new > one.
Copy the system to the new partition. Edit fstab in the new partition. Boot into the new partition from grub command line. Type 'c' at the boot menu to get a grub prompt. Example: (Edit as needed. Drives count from zero, partitions count from one.) set root=(hd0,msdos3) linux /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda3 initrd /initrd.img boot Then when you're in the new system, run grub-install /dev/sda update-grub This will put the system on the new partition in charge of booting and will generat a new menu. It should also make a boot entry for the old system. fsmithred _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng