Just started using siduction after being with sidux/aptosid for quite some time.
I see that several new kernels have been installed with dist-upgrade, however they aren't becoming active. In my last dist-upgrade it installed 3.13-5, but my system still boots 3.13-0.towo.3. The new kernels are listed in grub.cfg, but not in the menu at boot time.
Are the new kernels supposed to automatically become the default? Is there some manual step that I'm missing?
Hi, welcome to siduction.
Quote from: hightime on 2014/02/24, 00:36:52
Are the new kernels supposed to automatically become the default?
Yes. Kernel upgrades are supposed to work like you decribed it.
But coming from sidux/aptosid your siduction install possibly isn't the only system on your computer. And when installing siduction, what place did you choose to install grub to? On partition? In which case most likely the grub you're booting from isn't the one you had installed with siduction but an older one you installed at sidux/aptosid install times in the mbr.
If my assumptions are right, you have to decide which system *controlls* your
grub in mbr!
If you like to take over from a new system, you need to write grub to mbr from that new system. Otherwise you need to chainload or update-grub from this other, older system.
I did a fresh install of siduction and am pretty sure I installed grub to mbr -- that's where I always install it.
If grub did get installed to a partition instead how could I confirm that? Also, how would I re-install it to the mbr?
You should be able to just run grub-install to the disk address, not to a partition address. E.g., "grub-install /dev/sda".
Tim
I try and keep learning from most topics on the forum...............
After a google search I found that this is a useful terminal command :
find / -name grub.cfg
or
find / -name boot.img
to locate where grub files are installed on all your partitions.
and there is a debian package available called :
boot-info-script
Quote from: hightime on 2014/02/24, 23:12:28
I did a fresh install of siduction and am pretty sure I installed grub to mbr -- that's where I always install it.
If grub did get installed to a partition instead how could I confirm that? Also, how would I re-install it to the mbr?
What you need you'll find in the manual. If not, please provide usefull info.