[Devil-Linux-discuss] Upgrading to 1.2.6

[Dick M. <gm...@li...>]

A lot of hassle getting 1.2.6.i486 to install on USB and boot:

Lilo/Cramfs:

cp: cannot stat `/boot/boot.b': No such file or directory
Install failed!

Grub/Cramfs:

./install-on-usb: line 206: ./tmp-install2usb/iso-mnt/sbin/grub: cannot 
execute binary file
grep: grub-tmp-map: No such file or directory
./install-on-usb: line 213: ./tmp-install2usb/iso-mnt/sbin/grub: cannot 
execute binary file

Syslinux/Cramfs:

copying source file bootcd.iso to device mounted on 
./tmp-install2usb/disk-mnt/bootcd.iso
cp: failed to preserve ownership for 
`./tmp-install2usb/disk-mnt/bootcd.iso': Operation not permitted
Install failed!

I discovered that the Syslinux error was because I'd unpacked the 
tarball as user rather than root.   Since the partion type has to be FAT 
using the cp -p option seems doomed to fail!

Also I found the config update dialog a bit unclear.  Does an 'X' mean 
it's going to keep my original file or replace it.  Then I found it's 
not possible to exit or return to the beginning (to re-read the text).

Anyway it all seems to be working OK with Syslinux now.

One thing - I can't get syslog-ng to start at boot time.  Same problem 
was on 1.2.4.  Of course there's no error messages but there is a pid 
file so it did attempt to start. It starts OK if I just run init file 
manually.  Any suggestions what might be wrong?  I keep /var/log on a CF 
hard disk - I thought maybe it didn't exist when syslog-ng started but I 
can't see why that would be the case.

Dick