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RE: [bug #4245] Copying a hard drive and making the copy bootable is har
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Treutwein Bernhard |
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RE: [bug #4245] Copying a hard drive and making the copy bootable is hard |
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Wed, 9 Jul 2003 13:27:42 +0200 |
Oops, if both hds are of same type, why don't you use
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512
if they are not exactly the same, you could use partimage.
(you might have to boot from a CD based distribution, e.g.
Knoppix), see www.partimage.org.
--
Bernhard Treutwein, IuK, Ref. III A 3
Bernhard.Treutwein(at)verwaltung uni-muenchen de
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> Subject: [bug #4245] Copying a hard drive and making the copy
> bootable is hard
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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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