In-place upgrade from i386

2008-02-15 Thread Joerg Dorchain
Hello, I have a system with an intel core 2 dou CPU, which currently runs fine Debian-i386. I want to change it to amd64 with certain conditions: - Same package selection - Same debconf - Same config files - Same disk afterwards as on current i386 when it runs amd64. So far I managed to run

Re: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread Koen Vermeer
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 11:12 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 08:23:50AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: Just to add my mix to the mix I usually set up like 500M /boot 10G / 2G ( or roughly mem size) to swap the rest to LVM with LVM I can expand/reduce and

Mounting a root device after installation

2008-02-15 Thread Gudjon I. Gudjonsson
Hi I sent this problem to the debian-user list but it hasn't appeared so I hope you forgive me for sending it to you :) I have a problem with the newest Debian testing installer on i386. The installation works perfectly but when I reboot after the installation the computer is unable to

Re: In-place upgrade from i386

2008-02-15 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 10:17 +0100, Joerg Dorchain wrote: Hello, I have a system with an intel core 2 dou CPU, which currently runs fine Debian-i386. I want to change it to amd64 with certain conditions: - Same package selection - Same debconf - Same config files - Same disk

Re: In-place upgrade from i386

2008-02-15 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:52:52AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: There was a thread on here a month or two ago about this same topic. The short version is that it IS possible to do this. However, I wouldn't recommend it as it's more trouble than its worth. Your best bet would be something

Re: Mounting a root device after installation

2008-02-15 Thread Gudjon I. Gudjonsson
Hi Sorry, my mistake. The disk was configured as RAID in BIOS. When changing it to IDE, everything works perfectly. I overlooked this option several times. Cheers Gudjon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: In-place upgrade from i386

2008-02-15 Thread Joerg Dorchain
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:52:52AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: There was a thread on here a month or two ago about this same topic. The I found it. IMHO it helps, thanks. short version is that it IS possible to do this. However, I wouldn't recommend it as it's more trouble than its worth.

Re: In-place upgrade from i386

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:17:32AM +0100, Joerg Dorchain wrote: I have a system with an intel core 2 dou CPU, which currently runs fine Debian-i386. I want to change it to amd64 with certain conditions: - Same package selection - Same debconf - Same config files - Same disk afterwards

Debian Installer Lenny Beta2: Kernel update work

2008-02-15 Thread Otavio Salvador
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, While we're in the way to release Debian Installer Lenny Beta1, some work can start to be done for Beta2. As you probably know, we plan to do a fast release after Beta1 gets out using 2.6.24 kernels. This is where development can start to be

Re: Mounting a root device after installation

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:30:22AM +0100, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: I sent this problem to the debian-user list but it hasn't appeared so I hope you forgive me for sending it to you :) I have a problem with the newest Debian testing installer on i386. The installation works perfectly

Re: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:21:08PM +, Nuno Magalh??es wrote: That's part of why I put swap in LVM. Why not put swap in LVM? Well, basically 'cos the little i'vre read of LVM seemed to confuse more that simplify and i don't wanna waste too much time setting this up. It's just one disk,

Re: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:21:08PM +, Nuno Magalh??es wrote: That's part of why I put swap in LVM. Why not put swap in LVM? Well, basically 'cos the little i'vre read of LVM seemed to confuse more that simplify and i don't wanna waste too much time setting this up. It's just one disk,

Re: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 06:38:24PM +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: I've found it useful to have *two* Linux systems on my machine Interesting, especially since gentoo is a metadistribution. Anyway i'll keep it simple with just one. I have two other machines laying around, those can be my other

Re: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread Nuno Magalhães
That's part of why I put swap in LVM. Why not put swap in LVM? Well, basically 'cos the little i'vre read of LVM seemed to confuse more that simplify and i don't wanna waste too much time setting this up. It's just one disk, one home system, nothing mission critical. As far as i now the

Re: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:21:08PM +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: That's part of why I put swap in LVM. Why not put swap in LVM? Well, basically 'cos the little i'vre read of LVM seemed to confuse more that simplify and i don't wanna waste too much time setting this up. It's just one disk,

Re: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:17:47AM +0100, Koen Vermeer wrote: Sorry to jump into the thread like this, but: Why not put root on LVM as well? I only put /boot in a separate partition, and use all remaining space for LVM. But I'd rather know now that my setup sucks (so I can do something about

RE: Partition suggestions.

2008-02-15 Thread keith
I've found it useful to have *two* Linux systems on my machine -- one stable, and one more cutting edge. If one dies, I can still use the other for critical operations. Rhe machine I'm using currently has three -- stable, testing, and gentoo. They all share /home. They all share the swap