From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sander Subject: Re: Cannot Deinstall a Debian Package Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 22:40:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20110506204036.GA7877@attic.humilis.net> References: <201105031227.43619.CACook@quantum-sci.com> <201105060815.26395.CACook@quantum-sci.com> <201105061009.29756.CACook@quantum-sci.com> <201105061304.28903.CACook@quantum-sci.com> Reply-To: sander@humilis.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-btrfs To: CACook@quantum-sci.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201105061304.28903.CACook@quantum-sci.com> List-ID: CACook@quantum-sci.com wrote (ao): > > Wow. I was very nearly completely screwed. I went ahead and > > rebooted, but grub.cfg was not set up at all. I had no way to run > > update-grub on that root, and so tried manually filling in the > > missing parameters. That didn't work, probably through the > > obfuscation of UUIDs I couldn't determine what was really going on. > > What a terrible idea the way they were implemented, UUIDs. Why not > > put the current device assignment somewhere in the number? > > Terrible. That would kinda defeat the purpose :p > > I ended up copying an old grub.cfg from a backup, and that got me at > > least booted, though with lots of grub errors. Now I am at a loss. What errors .. > > I don't understand this. grub-update at least -pretended- to work > > before I rebooted. I am still in shock. MUST get some actual work > > done today, rather than bit-twiddling. MUST try and make a living. Dude, really .. Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net