On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:01:11 -0500, fsmithred wrote in message
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> On 12/31/19 3:16 PM, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > On 1/1/20 6:53 am, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> >> On 12/31/19 2:16 PM, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote:
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> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> On 1/1/20 4:20 am, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> >>>> On 12/31/19 12:06 PM, Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> So.... how long before we can expect to get stable release
> >>>>> of Beowulf? Is there a reasonable timeline available yet?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> About the only thing left to do is make the isos, and we're
> >>>> working on that. Meanwhile, upgrades from ascii seem to be
> >>>> pretty smooth.
> >>>
> >>> Okay, so safe to update /etc/apt/sources.list and then: apt-get
> >>> update apt-get dist-upgrade ... now?
> >>>
> >>> For production systems or any systems?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks A.
> >>
> >> For production systems, I might do an upgrade on a test system
> >> first, only because I haven't heard a lot of upgrade reports. Also,
> >> there might still be some issues on upgrading lvm.
> >
> > I use lvm, a lot, what are the problems with lvm?
> >
> >> I've upgraded standard system (no X), a few xfce systems and a
> >> mate desktop. They've all been uneventful.
> >
> > Thanks
> > A.
>
> CenturionDan posted this in irc a few days ago:
> " with the 4.19 kernel LVM requires udev to be running and /run/udev
> to exist in order for root on LV and other initramfs mounted volumes
> to be mounted.."

..is this a systemd-ism directed against LVM users?

> I ran into this issue on some fresh installs earlier this year and
> had to create and mount /run/udev in a chroot to get grub to install.
>
> fsr


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