Subj : Re: Slimmed down Debian
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Sun Aug 25 2019 19:15:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Mike!
> 
>   > FWIW just saw an article where "after four years of using systemd, the
>   > Debian derivative Knoppix has removed the controversial Linux init
>   > system."
>   MP> That could very well be of assistance.  I will save it away for
>   MP> when the time comes.  Thanks!
> 
> And as a FWIW: might want to get "Boot Repair Disk":
> 
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

Used something similar when Mint's GRUB committed seppuku (how? I 
*LOOKED* in the video config util. Didn't touch anything, just looked. 
Reproducible. This is why I dumped Mint, tho I gather the bug has since 
been fixed.) Took about two seconds. But it was just rewriting GRUB. If 
it has to do a sector hunt for where the partition should start/end, it 
would take longer. I don't know if it's significant that Mint is based 
on Ubuntu, but... seems to me the bootloader should be absolutely 
bulletproof and bombproof.

> Be patient: there are times when it looks like nothing is happening and
> then the screen will update after "five minutes" ==> I didn't time but
> seemed like it.
> 
> With my just-finished project I had installed a SSD for the OS and using
> the old HDD for general storage.  I think the problem was the BIOS is
> old -- looked up some old documentation and was from 2012.  I think the
> problem was a "GPT" (something like that) boot partition was needed and
> the Boot Repair Disk created this for me.  Fixed my problem where after
> the install kept going to a GRUB Repair prompt.

GPT is needed for HDs that exceed 2.2TB. I have a bunch of systems all 
about the same age, 2009ish, and only the Dell supports GPT, as we 
discovered when the rest all rejected a 3TB HD. (Hmm. I could put it in 
the PowerEdge.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table

<looks at table> Well, I guess I'm covered on the PowerEdge (with its 
gaggle of 3TB HDs), cuz it'll need a 64bit OS to make good use of it, 
and they all handle it.
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