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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'
From:       "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss () iguanasuicide ! net>
Date:       2011-05-07 14:54:37
Message-ID: 201105070954.49832.bss () iguanasuicide ! net
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In <201105070904.26205.bss@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>In <pan.2011.05.07.10.57.16@gmail.com>, Camaleón wrote:
>>On Fri, 06 May 2011 10:44:21 -0700, CACook wrote:
>>> This just started after my most recent (very painful) dist-upgrade.  It
>>> seems that BTRFS is not compatible with grub and Debian.  I very nearly
>>> lost my whole system because of this catastrophe.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know the nature of the error and how to fix?
>>
>>You're asking for so much :-)
>>
>>First, the btrfs filesystem is still very experimental so only use it if
>>you really (I mean *really*) know what you are doing and also know how to
>>deal when things go wrong. I would even expect data loss (directly or
>>indirectly related to the usage of this filesystem) so make daily backups
>>if needed.
>
>As a current btrfs user, I don't recommend you run it on the Squeeze kernel
>(2.6.32-5) because

Bug 625899

>I don't recommend you use the Wheezy kernel (2.6.38-2 in the package name;
>2.6.38-3 in the package version) either.  There's a least one outstanding
>bug

Bug 622218

>I've not tested the Sid kernel; I may do that today.

Just tested.  Also affected by bug 622218.

>I thought 2.6.39-rc5 from experimental would work, but they haven't put the
>2.6.39 kbuild infrastructure in experimental and I have an out-of-tree
>kernel module that I need for daily operations.  This is a close second
>just because I don't have any experience with it, yet.

You could try this one, if you aren't using any out-of-tree modules.  For me 
it is the NVidia module.  I really should find the money for a cheap ATI card 
so I can use FLOSS modules.
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