On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 04:42:58PM +0100, Albert Dengg wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 03:02:26PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I couple of words of warning about upgrading to 2.6.18: > > > > I recently tried installing the 2.6.18 linux image on an etch laptop [...] > > grub > > ---- > > I immediately ran into the problem that the install quietly removed all > > traces of grub from the computer. The reinstallation of grub failed at > > first because grub identified correctly the two kernel images, but got > > the root wrong in menu.lst, so I needed to use a livecd to rescue the > > unbootable laptop manually. > that problem with grub having the wrong root partion do happen sometimes... > (in fact i have 2 computer where that happens after every fresh debian > install)
I am frequently tempted to go back to lilo. IIRC, lilo always found the right information including windows partition -- which grub doesn't know about, so you always have to add that by hand. Not that I boot 'doze more often than once a year... [...] > > ACPI > > ---- > > It was only later I noticed that the battery indicator on my windowmaker > > desktop was no longer working. [...] > ...well you mentioned a thinkpad... Actually, this specific issue was on an Acer Aspire 1640Z, though perhaps something has been renamed there too... > i don't know when i happend but notice that the ibm_acpi module was > renamed to thinkpad_acpi at some point...don't know when it was exactly [...] Thanks, just the same. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
