On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:25:20 -0700 (PDT) Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi ya ron > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > I just successfully installed etch (now upgraded to sid) > > onto a SATA drive /dev/sda. Now, though, I want to get > > my data off of the old IDE drive. So, I stuck it in and > > powered up. Unfortunately, but understandably, the box > > wants to boot off of that drive /dev/hda. > > you can also go into the BIOS and tell it to boot off hd0 > vs hd1 If the BIOS has such an option, I haven't found it. > or usb-hdd listed after hda Huh? Why USB? > - the boot name varies between different bios and > vendors > > Is changing the boot= param from /dev/sda to /dev/hda all > > that is necessary? (Besides rerunning lilo, of course.) > > no .. If I can't mod the BIOS, how will lilo know to update the /dev/hda MBR, to tell it that the OS, etc are on /dev/sda? > you need to remove /boot/map rm it, or comment it out of lilo.conf? > - unless oyu like to get L- LI- LIL- or 99 99 99 > or 80 80 80 > > lilo will recreate the map file based on the new config of > combinations of disks > > > Existing lilo.conf: > > boot=/dev/sda ### <<<<<<<<<<<< > > root=/dev/sda2 > > that assumes you're booting into your new sata disk Yes, I definitely want to boot into the new system, not the old disk. But the BIOS wants to run the "old" lilo that's on /dev/hda, not the new lilo that's on /dev/sda. > > Proposed new lilo.conf > > boot=/dev/hda ### <<<<<<<<<<<< > > root=/dev/sda2 > > that means both sda and hda will have the same boot info > ( MBR ) ... which is okay ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
