On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Arend Meetsma wrote:
>
> I no longer boot to my guiness installation, so I guess I'll just
> repartition hdb and give myself a /boot there. Would it be easier to just
> move hdd to hdb? Would I have to change anything other than /etc/fstab and
> /etc/lilo.conf?
>
> Thanks for the info,
> Arend
>
Moving the drives should work fine. If you are using partition labels,
then the only change you will have to make in /etc/fstab is for the swap
partition. For /etc/lilo.conf, you will have to change the root
directory. You will need a special boot floppy, as your current one
will try and mount the root partition off of /dev/hdd. I don't have my
7.1 boot disk with me right now, but you can mount the disk, and edit
the config file on it to change the root device entry. The syslinux
config file can be edited in DOS or Linux, as it is actualy a FAT format
disk.
Lilo will have problem with the relocated drive until you run it in the
new location. It will work fine after you run it the first time with
the drive in the new location. The problem is that lilo store the disk
location for the second stage loader, and includes the BIOS number for
the drive, so it fails to load the second stage loader after you move
the drive. Running it after the drive has been moved fixes this.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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