I apologize for being semi-disconnected: I left a laptop running with
mail daemon capturing half my mail unbeknownst to me.
I'll be trying a couple of things out and will get back to the thread
if I've any luck.
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On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:14:22 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message
<6fb8a2c0-8853-ba71-1bd1-a3a8a518d...@gmail.com>:
> On 7/27/19 2:52 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
...
> > I will run # e2fsck -p -f and then reboot and try to install Grub
> > again. But given the problem might be a damaged hard disk, saf
On 7/27/19 2:52 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
I'm installing Ascii->Beowulf on a separate hard disk, but obviously
would like to make my current disk bootable as well.
But still can't install GRUB:
# grub-install
bash: grub-install: command not found
Since your su is acting like it's fro
I'm installing Ascii->Beowulf on a separate hard disk, but obviously
would like to make my current disk bootable as well.
I happen to do a bit of editing of /etc/fstab
# nano /etc/ftab
When I try to save the edit:
Error writing /etc/fstab: Read-only file system
Yet:
# ls -la /etc/fstab
I'm installing Ascii->Beowulf on a separate hard disk, but obviously
would like to make my current disk bootable as well.
I happen to do a bit of editing of /etc/fstab
# nano /etc/ftab
When I try to save the edit:
Error writing /etc/fstab: Read-only file system
Yet:
# ls -la /etc/f
On 7/25/19 7:46 AM, Haines Brown wrote:
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 06:59:02AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
On 7/24/19 4:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
I've no idea what's going on.
I think you got a non-devuanized util-linux from ascii-security. That
package has been replaced. You should be able
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 06:59:02AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> On 7/24/19 4:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > > I've no idea what's going on.
>
> I think you got a non-devuanized util-linux from ascii-security. That
> package has been replaced. You should be able to get the right one with the
On 7/24/19 4:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
I've no idea what's going on.
I think you got a non-devuanized util-linux from ascii-security. That
package has been replaced. You should be able to get the right one with
the following commands.
su -
apt-get update
apt-get install util-linux
or
a
On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:45:03 -0400
Haines Brown wrote:
> I've no idea what's going on. I was told to use the grub2-install
> command, but on my system (Ascii) there is only
> /usr/sbin/grub-install. It seems my grub-install command can be run
> by user, but not by root becasue root has no path to
On 7/24/19 4:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
When I become root with "su", I get the following:
# grub-install
bash: grub-install: command not found
# /usr/sbin/grub-install
bash: /usr/sbin/grub-install: No such file or directory
How are you becoming root? In ascii, either 'su' or 'su
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 03:35:08PM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> > I've no idea what's going on. I was told to use the grub2-install
> > command, but on my system (Ascii) there is only
> > /usr/sbin/grub-install.
>
> grub-install is all I've ever used or seen mentioned in debian.
I suspect
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:40:40PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 06:24:32AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
On 7/22/19 1:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
...
I tried the chroot method, but with little luck. I'm set up for BIOS
boot. My /root partion is /sdb1, and my broken out /bo
On 7/24/19 10:45 AM, Haines Brown wrote:
I seem to be loosing ground. Someone helped me with the chroot method,
but then:
# grub2-install /dev/sdb
bash: grub2-install: command not found
# grub-install /dev/sdb
bash: grub-install: command not found
# ls -la /usr/sbin | grep grub-install
ls: can
I seem to be loosing ground. Someone helped me with the chroot method,
but then:
# grub2-install /dev/sdb
bash: grub2-install: command not found
# grub-install /dev/sdb
bash: grub-install: command not found
# ls -la /usr/sbin | grep grub-install
ls: cannot access '/usr/sbin': No such file or dir
I seem to be loosing ground. Someone helped me with the chroot method,
but then:
# grub2-install /dev/sdb
bash: grub2-install: command not found
# grub-install /dev/sdb
bash: grub-install: command not found
# ls -la /usr/sbin | grep grub-install
ls: cannot access '/usr/sbin': No such file or d
Hi,
En 23 de julio de 2019 1:00:03 fsmithred via Dng escribió:
On 7/22/19 12:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
So I do
...
# chroot /sysroot
# grub-install /dev/sdb
bash grub-install: command not found
# ls -la /usr/sbin | grep grub-install
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 102046 Oct 28 2018 grub-inst
|fsmithred wrote among other things:
|" I don't know if it
operates like that in alternate realities, and i think you might be in one."
Just the way I think of chroot!!
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On 7/22/19 12:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote:
So I do
...
# chroot /sysroot
# grub-install /dev/sdb
bash grub-install: command not found
# ls -la /usr/sbin | grep grub-install
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 102046 Oct 28 2018 grub-install
# /
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 06:24:32AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> On 7/22/19 1:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
...
I tried the chroot method, but with little luck. I'm set up for BIOS
boot. My /root partion is /sdb1, and my broken out /boot partition is
/dev/sdb2. So for grub-root-device I use /dev/sd
Haines Brown wrote:
> I tried the chroot method, but with little luck.
...
># chroot /sysroot
>
># grub-install /dev/sdb
>bash grub-install: command not found
>
># ls -la /usr/sbin | grep grub-install
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 102046 Oct 28 2018 grub-insta
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 06:24:32AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> On 7/22/19 1:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
...
I tried the chroot method, but with little luck. I'm set up for BIOS
boot. My /root partion is /sdb1, and my broken out /boot partition is
/dev/sdb2. So for grub-root-device I use /dev/
Steve Litt wrote:
> Simon Hobson wrote:
>> 1) use grub rescue cd (which you can put on a USB stick). Then fairly
>> easy to sort out by picking the right menu options.
>
> Do you mean:
>
> * Super Grub2 Disk (https://sourceforge.net/projects/supergrub2/)
> * boot-repair-disk (https://sourcefo
On 7/22/19 1:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 20:25:42 +0100
Simon Hobson wrote:
2) use these incantations, lifted from a post elsewhere :
mkdir /sysroot
mount /dev/your-root-dev /sysroot
mount /dev/your-boot-dev /sysroot/boot
mount --bind /dev /sysroot/dev
mount --bind /sys /s
On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 20:25:42 +0100
Simon Hobson wrote:
> I see two other ways to make this easy, both of which have worked for
> me in the past :
This is great information. I have some questions...
>
> 1) use grub rescue cd (which you can put on a USB stick). Then fairly
> easy to sort out by
I see two other ways to make this easy, both of which have worked for me in the
past :
1) use grub rescue cd (which you can put on a USB stick). Then fairly easy to
sort out by picking the right menu options.
2) use these incantations, lifted from a post elsewhere :
mkdir /sysroot
mount /dev/
In the process of installing Ascii on a new HD in my box, I somehow
managed to break GRUB2 un the principal hard disk in the box, whhich
is /dev/sdb. When I boot /dev/sdb, I do not get its GRUB menu, but a
simple blinking cursor at the upper left. This usually indicates video
problems, but I h
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