Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-18 Thread Florian Zieboll
Hendrik Boom schrieb: > On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 02:03:52PM +0100, > > It would be something like > > mkdir /ascii/dev > mount --bind /dev /ascii/dev > chroot /ascii > update-initramfs -u > update-grub Yes, that's it, besides that the /dev/ directory should definitely already exist inside your

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 18/12/2017 à 02:29, Hendrik Boom a écrit : On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 11:36:19PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: Le 17/12/2017 à 19:13, Hendrik Boom a écrit : On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 02:03:52PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:42:05 -0500 Hendrik Boom

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 07:40:51PM -0600, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2017-12-17 19:29, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > >Or should I start over, booting refracta instead of my new system and > >using refracta to copy everything when everything isn't the working > >system? > > > > IIUC

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread golinux
On 2017-12-17 19:29, Hendrik Boom wrote: Or should I start over, booting refracta instead of my new system and using refracta to copy everything when everything isn't the working system? IIUC refractasnapshot only duplicates the running system golinux

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 11:36:19PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 17/12/2017 à 19:13, Hendrik Boom a écrit : > >On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 02:03:52PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: > >>On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:42:05 -0500 > >>Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> > >>>How do I update the

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 17/12/2017 à 19:13, Hendrik Boom a écrit : On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 02:03:52PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:42:05 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: How do I update the initrd? To update the /initrd/initramfs/ of a not-booting system, I chroot into

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 02:03:52PM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:42:05 -0500 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > How do I update the initrd? > > To update the /initrd/initramfs/ of a not-booting system, I chroot into > it, (mount the /boot partition)

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 12:37:03PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 16/12/2017 à 23:55, Hendrik Boom a écrit : > >I m copying my entire Devuan system to new partitions on the same computer. > >but I can't get the copy system to boot. > > > >I plan to upgrade the copy to ascii, keeping the old

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Florian Zieboll
On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 21:42:05 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: > How do I update the initrd? To update the /initrd/initramfs/ of a not-booting system, I chroot into it, (mount the /boot partition) and "bind mount" /dev. Then $ update-initramfs -u and $ update-grub Libre

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-17 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 16/12/2017 à 23:55, Hendrik Boom a écrit : I m copying my entire Devuan system to new partitions on the same computer. but I can't get the copy system to boot. I plan to upgrade the copy to ascii, keeping the old system in dual-boot scenario just in case I'm not expecting problems, but

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-16 Thread J. Fahrner
Am 2017-12-17 03:43, schrieb Hendrik Boom: Yes. Hex digit by hex digit. Of course I might have done it wrong. I will check again. Tomorrow. When I'm awake again. The easiest way solving boot problems is most often the boot repair disc. https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home/Home/

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 12:09:46AM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Samstag, 16. Dezember 2017 schrieb Hendrik Boom: > > I m copying my entire Devuan system to new partitions on the same > > computer. but I can't get the copy system to boot. > > > > I plan to upgrade the copy to ascii,

Re: [DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 12:10:09AM +0100, Florian Zieboll wrote: > Am 16. Dezember 2017 23:55:46 MEZ schrieb Hendrik Boom > : > > > vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae not found > > you need to load the kernel first > > hallo hendrik, > > reading over your mail, i couldn't find

[DNG] Trouble getting copied system to boot

2017-12-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
I m copying my entire Devuan system to new partitions on the same computer. but I can't get the copy system to boot. I plan to upgrade the copy to ascii, keeping the old system in dual-boot scenario just in case I'm not expecting problems, but I've had them on Debian upgrades years ago, and