Dunno, perhaps get a real distro? *ducks*
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > > Somebody help me explain this -- while I still have HAIR!! > > I am building a new server to replace an existing file/print/web/db > server. New machine is Ubuntu server 8.0.4.1 just updated against the > mirror. Op sys resides /dev/sda and I have a software raid /dev/md0 > which is one big file system. Box standard, nothing fancy (it is ME we > are talking about here). > > Time to put new system in place of old system; old system off-line > lights out. Booted system, no problems. Edited /etc/network/interfaces > to set the IP. Edited /etch/hostname. Reboot system - file system > check on /dev/md0 does not find a valid ext2 file system. WTF?? > > Fuck up number one - changed two things at once. Reverted both changes > to original settings (a ~...@#$% address and a hostname for crying out > loud). System boots normal. > > Changed hostname only; rebooted system - file system check fails, > /dev/md0 does not mount. Once logged in, sudo bitches that it can't > match hostname but eventually lets me in. > > Changed IP address only; rebooted system - file system check passes, > /dev/md0 mounted fine. > > Okay buckaroo, where ELSE is hostname imbedded that I gotta ~...@#$% with > if I want a "seamless" replacement. Note I said seamless and not > "painless." > > grrrrrr. > > Howard White > > > > -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we're all damaged." - Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Nashville, Tennessee USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
