Can't boot Lucid after upgrade from Karmic

[Tony Pursell]

On 29 May 2010 at 14:37, NoOp wrote:

> 
> On 05/29/2010 10:08 AM, Tony Pursell wrote:
> ...
> > 
> > fstab and menu.lst are at http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/mVyacMHN
> > 
> > Did these from the live USB.  Can't get the output from blkid as I 
> > cannot boot at all now, not even with the Karmic kernel. Did the 
> > update-initramfs cause this?  
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, no. Unless perhaps you had corrupted
> images, but then you would have see errors following the command.
> 
> > 
> > So it looks likes re-intstall time. So any advice on this would be 
> > welcome.  I will want to rescue my data in /home and probably keep it 
> > in a separate partition.  The rest can go in to a single root partition. 
> > Plus swap, of course.  
> > 
> > On my 200MB drive (/dev/sda), I currently have:
> > 
> > /dev/sda1 Windows XP NTFS 90GB
> > /dev/sda2 Extended partiton
> >   /dev/sda5 swap 1GB
> >   /dev/sda6 / 3GB
> >   /dev/sda7 /tmp 5GB
> >   /dev/sda8 /usr 10GB
> >   /dev/sda9 /var 5GB
> >   /dev/sda10 /home 40GB
> >   unused 
> > /dev/sda3 Windows VFAT 5GB 
> > /dev/sda4 Windows Recovery VFAT 6GB (Recovery data)
> > 
> > This last partiton doesn't ever get mounted.
> 
> Chris may be on to something... You might boot from the liveCD and check
> all of your partitions. Which leaves another question that I should have
> asked before: why are your / /usr /tmp and /var on separate partitions?
> I know that there are reasons for doing this, just can't recall why ATM.
> 

First of all, can I assure everyone that none of my partitions is more 
than 60% full.  The only one I would like bigger is /home!

The reasons for partitioning like this has a lot to do with being a long 
time Unix/Linux user (first worked with Unix in 1983).  I have had 
experiences with root filesystems filling up with system mail 
messages, for instance.  Putting /tmp and /var in their own partitions 
removes two of the main filesystem areas where the sorts of things 
that eat up space can happen.  But I realise that these things are less 
likely these days.  Journalled filesystem also mean less worry over 
corrupted file systems due to incorrect shut down.  That used to be a 
reason for keeping root separate.  

I have an EEEPC with just a 4GB SSD that runs OK, except I can't 
update it due to lack of space.  The big problem there seems to be 
the apt system uses up more and more space over time.  So I will 
have to re-install that as well.

Does anyone see me having a problem with what I want to do with the 
re-install on my PC.  Using the advanced install options, will I be able 
to keep my /home without it being reformatted and amalgamate the 
other partitions into a single root partiton?

Tony