[Cialug] migrating from ubuntu server to debian

[Paul Gray]

Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> OK, I played with it at lunch and a bit while on a conf call this
> afternoon and have it working. I did basically what you said but grub2
> was a disaster. Specifically, grub2 + lvm was a disaster. One trick
> not mentioned is in lenny you need to install lvm2 and I think mdadm.
> 
> Also, the default install of Ubuntu Server create a separate /boot
> partitoin not managed by lvm so I had to mount it in the chroot before
> installing the kernel in the chroot environment.
> 
> I'm going to do another dry run in virtualbox to make sure I have it
> and will document my steps and re-post, but I do want to say that I've
> had success. Thanks a bunch Paul.
> 

There's always a "gotcha"...  Sorry to hear about the grub2 fiasco.  That was 
unexpected (by me, but mainly because I don't usually use LVM).

One other recollection over night -- you may need to generate an /etc/hosts file 
with at least localhost defined.

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