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From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Removed secondary hard disk... now what?
> Eric Scott wrote:
>
> > Yo,
> > I recently backed up some stuff from on Lintel/Wintel hybrid box to
another
> > by putting the hard disk from the first computer into the second,
copying
> > about 250MB of data to the second HD, and then removing it. As I semi
> > expected, my Mandrake Linux 9.1 OS went haywire when it realized that
it's
> > "new secondary HD" had dissapeared again. I've since reformatted the HD
> > from the first computer, so I can't just plug it back in and get Linux
to
> > boot on the second computer. What can I do? I have files backed up on
the
> > second computer's Linux system, so I can't just reinstall. If I
"upgrade"
> > overtop of the current linux, as the installer lets u do, will it solve
the
> > issue? I get an error during boot about "hdd," basically telling me
that it
> > just might not exist. (Duh, I took it out.) But it won't boot past
that.
> > Any help? I'm novice to Linux, so please be basic.
> > Thanx,
> > ES
> >
> I would try booting with the failsafe boot option. Then edit /etc/fstab
> and remove any references to the second hard drive. Then reboot as
> normal. If failsafe doesn't boot, try booting off the install CD in the
> rescue mode. Or do like I do - have a bookable Linux CD that gives you
> a stand-alone Linux system that runs off the CD.
>
> Mikkel
> --
> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
>
>
Failsafe doesn't work, I already tried that. I can handle getting into
rescue mode via the CD, but how do I edit /etc/fstab and what exactly do I
edit? I'm a real novice here.
Thanx,
ES
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