Re: GRUB device numbers/names, use of device.map (Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive)

2008-05-11 Thread Paul Csanyi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Am 2008-05-10 um 07:01 schrieb Paul Csanyi: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >>> By the way, if you have a floppy drive, you can install GRUB on a >>> floppy too, then you have a GRUB emergency disk which lets you >>> perform operation such as those you described (in t

GRUB device numbers/names, use of device.map (Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive)

2008-05-11 Thread hh . eu
Am 2008-05-10 um 07:01 schrieb Paul Csanyi: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the way, if you have a floppy drive, you can install GRUB on a floppy too, then you have a GRUB emergency disk which lets you perform operation such as those you described (in the GRUB shell) (for cases of drive failure e

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread Paul Csanyi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > By the way, if you have a floppy drive, you can install GRUB on a > floppy too, then you have a GRUB emergency disk which lets you > perform operation such as those you described (in the GRUB shell) > (for cases of drive failure etc.). > > -Moritz That shall I to do, o

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread Paul Csanyi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I am not sure if I understood you correctly, so please correct me if > I am wrong, but I assume: > > * you have basically moved all needed partitions for a full Debian > system from one disk to another, That is correct. I copied all Debian partition from sda to sdb wit

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread hh . eu
Am 2008-05-09 um 22:13 schrieb Paul Csanyi: At last I have success! :D I don't use grub-install command but run grub on the command line, and: grub> root (hd1,0) grub> setup (hd0) grub> quit OK, I hadn't seen this last message from you when I wrote mine, but I see that you have had success

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread hh . eu
I am not sure if I understood you correctly, so please correct me if I am wrong, but I assume: * you have basically moved all needed partitions for a full Debian system from one disk to another, * and now you want to install GRUB to this second disk so that GRUB can boot from that dis

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread Paul Csanyi
Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:12:30PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: Error: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not have any corresponding BIOS dr

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread Paul Csanyi
Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:12:30PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: >>> Error: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not have any >>> corresponding BIOS drive. >> >> is /etc/mtab correct ? >> >> is /boot/

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread Paul Csanyi
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:12:30PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: >> Error: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not have any >> corresponding BIOS drive. > > is /etc/mtab correct ? > > is /boot/grub/device.map (which might be created by grub-ins

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-09 Thread Paul Csanyi
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:12:30PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: >> Hello! >> >> cd / >> mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc1/part1 /mnt >> # this is the / partition of the sdb >> mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc1/part2 /mnt/usr >> # this is the /usr partition of the

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-08 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:12:30PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: > Error: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not have any > corresponding BIOS drive. is /etc/mtab correct ? is /boot/grub/device.map (which might be created by grub-install by reading /etc/mtab) correct ? have you searched goo

Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-08 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:12:30PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote: > Hello! > > cd / > mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc1/part1 /mnt > # this is the / partition of the sdb > mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc1/part2 /mnt/usr > # this is the /usr partition of the sdb > mount -t proc proc /mnt/proc > mount -t sys

migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

2008-05-08 Thread Paul Csanyi
Hello! I tried to migrating from the first to second SATA drive My Debian Etch OS with Gparted. I copied the /, /usr, /var, swap, /tmp, /home partitions of the system to the second SATA: sdb with Gparted. Then I tried to set up grub to boot this Debian system from the first SATA drive sda, and d