Re: [SD4L-user] [I] Re: Cannot mount containers in Ubuntu 8.04

[Millen, S. <smm...@ea...>]

Hi Hans-Ulrich,

Millen, Stewart wrote:

>> Sorry for the newbie question, but if I do get a install with 
>> 2.6.24-18-generic installed, can I roll back to 2.6.24-16 to get 
>> Scramdisk to work until a compatible package is developed?
>> 
>
> I don't know how the vendor of the new box installs the machines,
> but if it's only updated from an original installation with
> kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (or an image of such a state) the roll
> back is easy. The old kernel package is'nt removed on update but
> the new package is merely added and made the default for booting.
> You may choose the old kernel on every boot by hand.
>
> You can change this default by editing the file /boot/grub/menu.lst
> (there is certainly a GUI in Ubuntu for this purpose but I don't
> know it from the top of my head - I always edit this by hand).

I just got the email back from the vendor: my box has both kernels 
installed, so I'll just roll back. I've done some searching on the 
web in the meantime, and it seems all one has to do is to change 
the defaults is to edit the file /boot/grub/menu.1st and select the
line:

default 0

and change "0" to the number corresponding to 2.6.24-16 (the non-
safe mode version) in the list of kernels. Correct?

I did read on the Ubuntu forums that by a poster's performance 
tests, 2.6.24-18 does run significantly faster. So perhaps a 
package compatible with it might be desirable. Or at least
downloaders of SD4L should be warned that they will need to choose
to boot to the earlier kernel to save themselves (and you!) the
hassle of re-answering this question. =)

Stewart