Richard Adams wrote:
Hi Richard. Thanks for your reply. I hope I'll have time to try your
suggestions in this weekend. Further info arrives after the test :-)
>
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > > > How can that be done ??
> >
> >
> > Hello Richard. I thank you so much for your reply.
> >
> > I would be glad too if you will comment out what I shall do exactly as I
> > have here included a view of my /dev's:
> >
> > Device Name From To Blocks Partition type
> >
> >
> > /dev/hda1 1 1023 1031252 b Win95 FAT32
> >
> >
> > /dev/hdb1 1 5 20128 83 Linux native
> > /dev/hdb2 6 38 133056 82 Linux Swap
> > /dev/hdb3 39 970 3757824 83 Linux Native
> >
>
> copy fstab top fstab.hdb
> Now edit it so it has hdax instaed of /hdbx
> {i fogot that one sorry.}
>
> >
> > The lilo.conf is attached to this mail.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Use the program 'rdev'
> > >
> > > For example;
> > >
> > > Inatsll lilo on a floppy, just edit /etc/lilo.conf and change
> > > boot = /dev/hdb
> > > to
> > > /dev/fd0
> > >
> > > run lilo
> > >
> > > Now do;
> > >
>
> do the above.
>
> > > rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda2
>
> Now its
> rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda3
>
> > >
> > > You dont say on which partition the root filesystem is, so i have used
> > > /dev/hda2 as an example.
> > > It all comes down to everything changes in respect of /dev/hdb to /dev/hda so
> > > if the root dilesystem is located on hdb2 it will become hda2
> > >
> > > Once you have changed the disks and rebooted from floppy edit /etc/lilo.conf
> > > once again and change
> > >
> > > boot = /dev/fdo
> > > to
> > > /dev/hda
> > > Change all lilo entries from /dev/hdbx to /dev/hdax
> > > rerun lilo
> > >
> > > You will have to use rdev again this way, this time
> > >
> > > rdev /boot/image_name /dev/hda2
>
> rdev
> > > remember all images will have to be told to boot from /dev/hdax
> > >
> > > This is in my opinion one of the easiest ways there are other ways.
>
> One of which is, use the lilo bootdisk which was made above, use the command
> parameter
>
> mount root=/dev/hda3 ro
>
> after editing fstab and lilo.conf, rerun lilo
> BTW, somethings not correct, in your lilo.conf you have /dev/hda7 but you say
> in the above "devs statement" /dev/hda1 thro' 3
>
> > I do not hope I'm boring you too much ??.
>
> No problem.
>
Thanks so much.
> >
> > --
> > Erik Jakobsen - OZ4KK - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > SuSE Linux 6.3
>
> --
> Regards Richard
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
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