Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Alexander Bochmann
...on Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:12:54PM +0200, Alexander Bochmann wrote: > ...on Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > Using the /dev/mapper device name would likely have been just as good, > but I'm not sure as I didn't try that > I'll try if using UUIDs i

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Alexander Bochmann
...on Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > Using the /dev/mapper device name would likely have been just as good, but > I'm not sure as I didn't try that I'll try if using UUIDs in the fstab makes a difference in the boot process later tonight (and maybe wh

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
On 8/7/20 10:07 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: >> >> >> On 8/7/20 7:31 am, Alexander Bochmann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> ...on Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: >>> >>> > After the dist-upgrade,

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 06:14:51PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > > On 8/7/20 7:31 am, Alexander Bochmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ...on Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > > > > After the dist-upgrade, it failed to boot and remained at the > >

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
On 8/7/20 7:31 am, Alexander Bochmann wrote: > Hi, > > ...on Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > > After the dist-upgrade, it failed to boot and remained at the ministrants > shell environment after having complained about not being able to find the > /

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-07 Thread Alexander Bochmann
Hi, ...on Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > After the dist-upgrade, it failed to boot and remained at the ministrants > shell environment after having complained about not being able to find the > /usr file system via it's UUID. I have a system mostly

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-07 Thread Jim Jackson
Forget it - you have Thank you. On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, Jim Jackson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 18:58:48 -0400 > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > > > Doesn't systemd require a merged /usr partition? It sounds as if a > > > systemd-ism ha

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-07 Thread Jim Jackson
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 18:58:48 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > Doesn't systemd require a merged /usr partition? It sounds as if a > > systemd-ism has crept into our boot process. > > > > Fortunately I haven't upgraded my server to beowulf yet. > >

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 18:58:48 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > Doesn't systemd require a merged /usr partition? It sounds as if a > systemd-ism has crept into our boot process. > > Fortunately I haven't upgraded my server to beowulf yet. > > -- hendrik Void Linux also symlinks all the various *bin

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-07 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
On 7/7/20 8:58 am, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Doesn't systemd require a merged /usr partition? It sounds as if a > systemd-ism has crept into our boot process. > > Fortunately I haven't upgraded my server to beowulf yet. Probably I know that Debian wants merged /usr, wasn't sure it was specif

Re: [DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:00:38AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > Hi, > > I had another "simple" server upgrade from Devuan Ascii to Devuan Beowulf, > these are the details and my work around for the problem. > > > There was nothing particularly special about this server, it doesn't u

[DNG] Upgrade problem [ ascii -> beowulf ] failed to boot, left at initramfs shell -- with fix and query

2020-07-06 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
Hi, I had another "simple" server upgrade from Devuan Ascii to Devuan Beowulf, these are the details and my work around for the problem. There was nothing particularly special about this server, it doesn't use encrypted file systems; it started out life as a Debian Wheezy installation, migrat