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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>>><i> That sounded a good idea. It's so long since I did things like this +</I>>><i> that I had forgotten it altogether. However.... +</I>>><i> +</I>>><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>>><i> Mageia appeared to be starting up, but when it came to logging in, it +</I>>><i> couldn't find the home directories (separate partition). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> AFAIR, on some PCs, changing boot order will also change drive naming +</I>><i> (the BIOS really changes the enumeration order of devices). +</I>><i> So if you didn't use a "smart" scheme for your /etc/fstab entries, like +</I>><i> UUID= or LABEL= mounting, mounting those partitions will fail. +</I> +Just to be horribly awkward, installers, boot loaders and operating +systems can discover things in different orders. This can be much +worse if you connect and disconnect bits of hardware. There might +even be spinup delays depending on whether there is a hot boot or +a cold boot. (Some BIOSes allow for a time delay on some hard drives +to lessen the startup current.) + +Worst case is you have to arrange the hardware then install, but +if you know which boot sector the BIOS is going to look at you can +problably sort out fstab and the boot loader after installation. + +-- +blind Pete +Sig goes here... + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008626.html">[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008634.html">[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8633">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8633">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8633">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8633">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |