On Sunday 10 June 2018 23:41:36 Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Jun 10, 2018, at 1:44 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > wrote: > > > > Greetings all; > > > > I have the dvd written, and a new 2T drive currently occupying > > the /dev/sdc slot. > > > > What I want, since the drive has been partitioned to /boot, /home, > > /, and swap, is 1; for this install to not touch any other drive > > currently mounted, and 2; use the partitions I've already setup on > > this new drive without arguing with me. > > > > and 3: to treat the grub install as if there are no other drives > > hooked up. I don't need grub to fill half the boot screen with data > > from the other drives. > > > > How do I best achieve that? > > As others have pointed out, 1 and 2 are just a matter of using the > tools the installer provides. To accomplish 2, you should probably > choose “manual” partitioning. You may need to choose “expert” mode at > boot time for the installer. > > As for 3, my approach would be to open up the box and temporarily > disconnect the power from the other two disks while installing to the > third disk. After the install you can reconnect the power and you > will wind up with two bootable drives. You will then have to choose > between them at the BIOS level.
This is made easy because 3 of the drives are in a 3 drive hot swap cage, so I can just open the doors and eject them 1/2 an inch. The drive its to be installed on is hanging out of the side of the machine. > > Hope that helps! > Rick Yes, its helpfull Rick, might keep me from shooting myself in the foot. Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
