-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 28/08/12 13:12, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote: > On Tuesday 28 Aug 2012 07:01 my mailbox was graced by a message > from Anne Wilson who wrote: >>>> I'm currently installing M2 as a dual boot onto sdd. When >>>> all data is transferred to the new disk, sda, sdb and sdc >>>> will be removed. I assume that writing the boot loader >>>> (language fails me, at the moment) to sdd is fine? I know >>>> it's a very basic question - brain is only half-functioning >>>> just now due to external pressures. (sda has the old entry.) >>> Just wanting confirmation that the existence of the old grub >>> won't cause any problems :-) > >> Unfortunately, it does cause problems - of course sda is checked >> before sdd. I assume that I will now need somehow get rid of the >> grub on sda - what's the best way to do that? Faint bells are >> ringing - about re-ordering disks, but in these days of using >> disk IDs I'm not sure whether the old ways are still valid, and I >> really don't want to screw things up to the point where recovery >> is a very big job. I'd appreciate thoughts from a mind that is >> calmer and clearer than mine :-) > > Can you change the boot order in BIOS ? > That sounded a good idea. It's so long since I did things like this that I had forgotten it altogether. However....
> I have installed M1 on an EeePC, with MSW on the bult-in HD and M1 > on a SD; just reassigned the HD order and the boot order, and all > is well, boots from the SD and offers me the choices. > > The only complication is when I change SD to install and try out > another OS, I then have to remember to reset the HD and boot order > in the BIOS or it directly boots Windows from the HD ;-3(. > Mageia appeared to be starting up, but when it came to logging in, it couldn't find the home directories (separate partition). I'm not in a frantic hurry - I have more RAM on order, to arrive tomorrow, so I've plenty of time to decide what to do next, but I think disconnecting the old drives and using a dock to copy anything I need is probably the quickest and safest way to go about things. Anne - -- Need KDE help? Try http://userbase.kde.org or http://forum.kde.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlA887UACgkQj93fyh4cnBdVKwCfV9E0kOZFCLaqlq25KwDhbZ1C +AYAn0878iOAo4seryvtVGF9MEwFUZfo =kwMI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
