On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 08:17:38PM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 6/5/21, Martin McCormick <marti...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > First I greatly appreciate all this information as the idea is to > > fix a problem I probably created long ago though I am not sure > > how but the short story is that apt-get upgrade ran update-grub > > and update-initramfs late last Fall and I was able to rescue it > > but it happened again at the end of April so I figured I had > > better fix it correctly since I didn't know it was a ticking > > bomb. > > > In a different email where deloptes says... > > On 6/5/21, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have cloned many installations. You are right if done with dd UUID is the > > same - but this is perhaps not exactly what you want. I usually either boot > > in rescue (initrd shell) or have a USB or Debian installation medium to > > chroot and adjust some settings > > > Right there at that part is where I run "update-initramfs -u" in my > own similar kind of maneuvering. THEN I do this > > > > and finally execute install/update-grub. > > Now with UEFI it is more likely you have a slightly different use case but > > UUIDs are what they are. > > > My success rate has been much higher since taking that tactic. One > caveat. I'm using LILO these days because GRUB refused to acknowledge > GPT hard drives in my usage case. > Hi Cindy-Sue
If you're using LILO you are _REALLY_ on your own since LILO is not maintained any more. IMHO, you really, really need to convert to grub somehow Where possible, I suggest moving to UEFI boot and grub in all cases when installing Debian.. "Legacy" [MBR] boot is going away and GPT disks are standard for larger disks. It doesn't work for all machines - I've an HP Microserver that will live on legacy MBR forever - but for most things built in the last 5-10 years there's an option to use UEFI. All the very best Andy C.
