Has anyone ever tested the alternate installers?

[Scott Kitterman]

On Wednesday 11 October 2006 10:11, Ali Milis wrote:
> Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > [...] Perhaps if you posted specifics, someone could help.
>
> Well,
>
> I use /dev/hda11 for daily usages (dapper). I tried to install
> "edgy" to /dev/hda10. Here is how the new "/etc/fstab" looks like.
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> # /dev/hda10
> UUID=528afae1-5586-4312-a3b4-dca89ba4aac5 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro
> 0 1 # /dev/hda1
> UUID=769415D994159CA5 /media/hda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0
> 1 # /dev/hda11
> UUID=65c42728-f90f-4dc6-afcf-ec973648d7c4  /media/hda11 ext3 defaults 0 2
> # /dev/hda4
> UUID=78d7add6-3dfb-441a-b4a6-6fe0b8a05fac  /media/hda4  ext3  defaults 0 2
> # /dev/hda5
> UUID=BC6099006098C296 /media/hda5 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0
> 1 # /dev/hda6
> UUID=74b23716-6aae-47fb-b251-6a885c99ba06 /media/hda6   ext3  defaults 0 2
> # /dev/hda7
> UUID=147f5f00-6686-46d0-986b-6727376c44fd  /media/hda7  ext3  defaults 0 2
> # /dev/hda8
> UUID=d90a20c7-8c24-48c7-8a3f-579a99393abe  /media/hda8  ext3  defaults 0 2
> # /dev/hda9
> UUID=57cac470-fa0d-4be7-be60-184f57ada1d2  /media/hda9  ext3  defaults 0 2
> # /dev/hda3
> UUID=7ce2e5a3-a647-42a6-87a8-941779a7ae04 none swap        sw          0 0
> /dev/hdc            /media/cdrom0              udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/hdd            /media/cdrom1              udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/               /media/floppy0             auto     rw,user,noauto 0 0
>
I didn't realize you were talking about Edgy, but as it happens, while I 
haven't done a fresh install, I have done an upgrade and I know what this 
is....

One of the improvements in Edgy is that devices are now referred to by UUID.  
This is better in that if you move a disk to a different location (different 
controller card) it will still be recognized.  What you are seeing is 
expected for Edgy.

There were some issues with this early on.  I had to manually 
edit /boot/grub/menu.lst back to the normal device nomenclature, but I 
udnerstand it's been fixed now.  The UUID approach is now working fine for 
me.

If it works, it's as expected.  If it doesn't, you'll get dropped into busybox 
and you can edit your menu.lst there to point at /dev/... and then you should 
file bug reports.

Scott K