22.07.2012 14:23, Charles A Edwards skrev: > On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:39:12 +0100 > Colin Guthrie wrote: > >> That's weird. >> >> When in the shell can you (triple) check that the path >> usr/bin/convertfs is really there in the initrd (just type "ls >> usr/bin/convertfs" in the first shell) >> >> As you use lilo have you run whatever command you have to run to >> update it before rebooting? I forget what it is - maybe just "lilo"? > > > As the name of the image did not change and the convertfs was added > at the boot prompt rather than as an append to lilo it I did not run > "lilo". > > But lilo was the issue. > I had tried with all the kernels I had installed with no success, > switched to grub using the same command at the boot prompt and the fs > converted nicely. > > Will be interesting to see if any others using lilo have this problem > or if I am just "lucky". >
Nope. everyone using lilo will hit it as every time you recreate initrd, lilo must be re-run to be mapped/used correctly... That's the "downside" of using lilo... -- Thomas
