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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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Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:49:02 -0400 |
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=================== BUG #4245: LATEST MODIFICATIONS ==================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=4245&group_id=68
Changes by: Anonymous user Date: jeu 10.07.2003 à 12:49
------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ----------------------------
Just after this line:
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hdb3 hdb
You can add this line:
vi /mnt/hdb3/boot/grub/menu.lst
and change hdb3 to hda3 inside this file since your hard disk become hda when
you remove the first disk.
=================== BUG #4245: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================
Soumis par: None Projet: GNU GRUB
Signalé le: mer 09.07.2003 à 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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Follow-up Comments
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Date: jeu 10.07.2003 à 12:49 By: None
Just after this line:
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hdb3 hdb
You can add this line:
vi /mnt/hdb3/boot/grub/menu.lst
and change hdb3 to hda3 inside this file since your hard disk become hda when
you remove the first disk.
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