I upgraded from jaunty 64 bit server to karmic 64 bit server and the upgrade was pretty smooth with few glitces
The console was not working since ttyS0 was defined in /etc/event.d and that no longer works per http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/910
So I made changes as explained here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialConsoleHowto and now console looks lot better.
I also had to remove the splash and quiet again since they reappeared in /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Needed to run update-grub afterwords.
Now the problem is how do I create a* /boot/grub/grub.cfg file from scratch? the upgrade did not create one.
Also there is no /etc/default/grub file. I guess I can create one like the one in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialConsoleHowto
And I like to migrate to ext4 as well
So all in all, I am looking for ext3 to ext4 upgrade and grub migration procedure from 9.04 to 9.10.
So the upgrade procedure for ubuntu server as shown here http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
should really need more than those three steps to cover the ext3 to ext4 and grub upgrade procedure
The release notes only said "Switching to ext4 requires manually updating grub" with a link to ext4 wiki. But no clear steps there.
I really appreciate if someone either provide some steps here or update the content on one of the above links I discussed above
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11-14-2009, 02:20 AM
Lucio M Nicolosi
server upgrade with glitches
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I also had to remove the splash and quiet again since they reappeared in
> /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Needed to run update-grub afterwords.
>
> Now the problem is how do I create a* /boot/grub/grub.cfg file from scratch?
> the upgrade did not create one.
> Also there is no /etc/default/grub file. I guess I can create one like the
> one in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialConsoleHowto
>
> And I like to migrate to ext4 as well
>
> So all in all, I am looking for ext3 to ext4 upgrade and grub migration
> procedure from 9.04 to 9.10.
>
> So the upgrade procedure for ubuntu server as shown here
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
> should really need more than those three steps to cover the ext3 to ext4 and
> grub upgrade procedure
>
> The release notes only said "Switching to ext4 requires manually updating
> grub" with a link to ext4 wiki. But no clear steps there.
>
Seems you're still running Grub Legacy.
There are still stability problems with ext4 - beware.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/+bug/453579
Grub Legacy and ext4 are not compatible.
You should first update grub to grub2 - read the manual thoroughly
*before* any move.
Only then upgrade to ext4.
Depending on how this server is vital I would stay with grub and ext3
for a while.
Good luck.
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11-14-2009, 03:34 AM
Asif Iqbal
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I also had to remove the splash and quiet again since they reappeared in
> /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Needed to run update-grub afterwords.
>
> Now the problem is how do I create a* /boot/grub/grub.cfg file from scratch?
> the upgrade did not create one.
> Also there is no /etc/default/grub file. I guess I can create one like the
> one in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialConsoleHowto
>
> And I like to migrate to ext4 as well
>
> So all in all, I am looking for ext3 to ext4 upgrade and grub migration
> procedure from 9.04 to 9.10.
>
> So the upgrade procedure for ubuntu server as shown here
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
> should really need more than those three steps to cover the ext3 to ext4 and
> grub upgrade procedure
>
> The release notes only said "Switching to ext4 requires manually updating
> grub" with a link to ext4 wiki. But no clear steps there.
>
Seems you're still running Grub Legacy.
There are still stability problems with ext4 - beware.
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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11-14-2009, 03:46 AM
Lucio M Nicolosi
server upgrade with glitches
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:34 AM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is not vital yet. So it will probably be perfect candidate to make an
> attempt upgrade to grub2 and then ext4
>
> But I was looking for steps if available to try out
Not state of the art but a very good beginning:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2
http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto
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11-14-2009, 04:33 AM
Asif Iqbal
server upgrade with glitches
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:34 AM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is not vital yet. So it will probably be perfect candidate to make an
> attempt upgrade to grub2 and then ext4
>
> But I was looking for steps if available to try out
Not state of the art but a very good beginning:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2
so migrating to grub2 was pretty simple. thanks for the url. I just followed and voila!
*
http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto
I am not sure migrating to ext3 to ext4 is as clear. I am using md device of two disks sda and sdb
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