server upgrade with glitches

[Asif Iqbal]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at 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.
>
>
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

Good luck.
>
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