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[bug #4245] Copying a hard drive and making the copy bootable is hard
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[bug #4245] Copying a hard drive and making the copy bootable is hard |
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Wed, 09 Jul 2003 05:37:29 -0400 |
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=================== BUG #4245: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=4245&group_id=68
Submitted by: None Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted on: Wed 07/09/2003 at 05:37
Category: None Severity: Major
Priority: None Bug Group: Software Error
Resolution: None Assigned to: None
Status: Open Release: GNU GRUB 0.93
Reproducibility: Every Time Planned Release:
Summary: Copying a hard drive and making the copy bootable is hard
Original Submission: I'm making copies of my hard drive. To do this, I turn
off my computer, plug in another hard drive, turn it on, and type:
fdisk /dev/hdb (create hdb1 (/boot), hdb3 (/))
mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1
mke2fs -j /dev/hdb3
mkdir /mnt/hdb3
mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt/hdb3
mkdir /mnt/hdb3/boot
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb3/boot
tar cl / | (cd /mnt/hdb3; tar xp)
cd /boot
tar cl . | (cd /mnt/hdb3/boot; tar xp)
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hdb3 hdb
umount /mnt/hdb3/boot
umount /mnt/hdb3
shutdown -r 0
What I want to happen is for the new hard drive to become bootable when it's
the only hard drive (hda).
What I sometimes get is an error saying that it can't find hdb in the bios
list. On other occasions, it clobbers the grub on hda hard disk so that it
boots to the grub command line. As these are serial-console machines, it
appears that the machine just isn't booting at all, but in reality, it's
booting to the non-existent screen on the non-existent graphics card.
What I'd like is a fool-proof method of making /dev/hdb bootable when it
becomes /dev/hda in a new computer. A FAQ entry would be enough.
Thanks!
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