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When +</I>>>>><i> all data is transferred to the new disk, sda, sdb and sdc +</I>>>>><i> will be removed. I assume that writing the boot loader +</I>>>>><i> (language fails me, at the moment) to sdd is fine? I know +</I>>>>><i> it's a very basic question - brain is only half-functioning +</I>>>>><i> just now due to external pressures. (sda has the old entry.) +</I>>>><i> Just wanting confirmation that the existence of the old grub +</I>>>><i> won't cause any problems :-) +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> Unfortunately, it does cause problems - of course sda is checked +</I>>><i> before sdd. I assume that I will now need somehow get rid of the +</I>>><i> grub on sda - what's the best way to do that? Faint bells are +</I>>><i> ringing - about re-ordering disks, but in these days of using +</I>>><i> disk IDs I'm not sure whether the old ways are still valid, and I +</I>>><i> really don't want to screw things up to the point where recovery +</I>>><i> is a very big job. I'd appreciate thoughts from a mind that is +</I>>><i> calmer and clearer than mine :-) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Can you change the boot order in BIOS ? +</I>><i> +</I>That sounded a good idea. It's so long since I did things like this +that I had forgotten it altogether. However.... + +><i> I have installed M1 on an EeePC, with MSW on the bult-in HD and M1 +</I>><i> on a SD; just reassigned the HD order and the boot order, and all +</I>><i> is well, boots from the SD and offers me the choices. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The only complication is when I change SD to install and try out +</I>><i> another OS, I then have to remember to reset the HD and boot order +</I>><i> in the BIOS or it directly boots Windows from the HD ;-3(. +</I>><i> +</I>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? 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