On Fri 28 Sep 2012 at 22:24:16 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote: > I would like to move from old 320GB HDD to a new 1TB HDD. I have the > following partition structure: > > sda1 - XP > sda2 - Debian 7 x86_64 (boot partition) > sda3 - swap > > The GRUB is on the sda2 partition not in the MBR. That's why sda2 is > the boot partition. If I set sda1 as boot partition XP runs. I just do > not want to disturb original MBR loader code. > > I clone my system to a new bigger HDD using Clonezilla 2 for Linux. At > start GRUB loader only writes GRUB on the screen and nothing else > happen. If I set sda1 as boot XP load and works fine. I've tried to > reinstall grub under RIPLinux x86_64 with mount sda2 and chroot but no > success. update-grub displays no error but no success. The Linux > filesystem including /boot folder and grub is there. Most likely there > is some missing piece which is not part of filesystem therefore > clonezilla misses that part. > > My question is what is the recommended way of reinstall GRUB after > cloning in such situation? Why update-grub does not works? Might try > to copy with dd and resize later?
At the GRUB prompt press the 'e' key. Please post what you see. There will probably be a long UUID. To save some typing put 123 for it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120929102417.GD22368@desktop
