On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 00:59, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > I have /dev/hdb that is a mirror of /dev/hda. It is not a image copy > though, so files may be in different sector/cylinder locations. > > I want to be able to pull the /dev/hdb and /dev/hda out; then replace > /dev/hda with this /dev/hdb. > > So when I do this I get Lilo's "L" error message. It can't find the second > stage boot loader.
The easiest solution to this problem is to use software RAID-1 for the mirror, LILO supports this and will install itself in such a fashion that you can remove hda and have things work. A software RAID-1 can be easily split or re-added at any time, so it'll work well for a snapshot of your system if that's what you want. Russell Coker
