Re: transfering linux to new HDD
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:40, Craig wrote: I have transfered a current linux install across to a new drive using the cp -a command. I need to now chroot the existing install to the new hdd and tell lilo to boot from there. How do I do this from a remote location ? If your new drive will be bootable as a secondary drive and you are not going to remove the primary drive then this should be easy. If you are going to make the new drive /dev/hda afterwards then it'll be more difficult, check the bios= option in /etc/lilo.conf... -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: transfering linux to new HDD
It's easier if you boot from a rescue disk, then run lilo... - Original Message - From: Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Debian-ISP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: Re: transfering linux to new HDD On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:40, Craig wrote: I have transfered a current linux install across to a new drive using the cp -a command. I need to now chroot the existing install to the new hdd and tell lilo to boot from there. How do I do this from a remote location ? If your new drive will be bootable as a secondary drive and you are not going to remove the primary drive then this should be easy. If you are going to make the new drive /dev/hda afterwards then it'll be more difficult, check the bios= option in /etc/lilo.conf... -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: transfering linux to new HDD
Craig, my solution is at bottom. It's easier if you boot from a rescue disk, then run lilo... How do you do this remotely? I have transfered a current linux install across to a new drive using the cp -a command. I need to now chroot the Hopefully, the cp -a worked properly. existing install to the new hdd and tell lilo to boot from there. What disk? How do I do this from a remote location ? If your new drive will be bootable as a secondary drive and you are not going to remove the primary drive then this should be easy. If you are going to make the new drive /dev/hda afterwards then it'll be more difficult, check the bios= option in /etc/lilo.conf... If hda is original and hdb is the new disk, I do: /mnt/root/sbin/lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf-hdb-mirror -r /mnt/root -v -b /dev/hdb (Note that chroot(1) is not needed.) --- /etc/lilo.conf Wed Jul 10 13:08:37 2002 +++ /etc/lilo.conf-hdb-mirror Mon Aug 19 20:02:18 2002 @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ boot=/dev/hda +disk=/dev/hdb + bios=0x80 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt Jeremy C. Reed .. ISP-FAQ.com -- find answers to your questions http://www.isp-faq.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
transfering linux to new HDD
Hi Guys I have transfered a current linux install across to a new drive using the cp -a command. I need to now chroot the existing install to the new hdd and tell lilo to boot from there. How do I do this from a remote location ? Thanks Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: transfering linux to new HDD
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:40:35AM +0200, Craig wrote: Hi Guys I have transfered a current linux install across to a new drive using the cp -a command. I need to now chroot the existing install to the new hdd and tell lilo to boot from there. How do I do this from a remote location ? * ssh in * mount the relevant new partitions as they would appear in the new setup * chroot to the new root (/) filesystem * make sure you have an entry for the old setup in the new lilo.conf * lilo -v * exit * reboot You might want to start screen before you do this (but after you ssh in ;). That should do it. I don't think you'll get any interference from the old lilo install. You may also want to play with the -R lilo option. This is all from memory but you should be fine. Just keep cool. -- All people are equal, But some are more equal then others. - George W. Bush Jr, President of the United States September 21, 2002 (Abridged version of security speech) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
