diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008634.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008634.html | 147 |
1 files changed, 147 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008634.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008634.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e20135f39 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008634.html @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Boot%20loader%20advice%20please&In-Reply-To=%3C503DDC16.80803%40kde.org%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="008633.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="008630.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please</H1> + <B>Anne Wilson</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Boot%20loader%20advice%20please&In-Reply-To=%3C503DDC16.80803%40kde.org%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please">annew at kde.org + </A><BR> + <I>Wed Aug 29 11:08:38 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008633.html">[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008630.html">[Mageia-discuss] kernel update problem? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8634">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8634">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8634">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8634">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- +Hash: SHA1 + +On 29/08/12 09:03, blind Pete wrote: +><i> Antoine Pitrou wrote: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:37:54 +0100 Anne Wilson <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">annew at kde.org</A>> +</I>>><i> wrote: +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> On 28/08/12 13:12, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote: +</I>>>>><i> On Tuesday 28 Aug 2012 07:01 my mailbox was graced by a +</I>>>>><i> message from Anne Wilson who wrote: +</I>>>>>>>><i> I'm currently installing M2 as a dual boot onto sdd. +</I>>>>>>>><i> When all data is transferred to the new disk, sda, sdb +</I>>>>>>>><i> and sdc will be removed. I assume that writing the boot +</I>>>>>>>><i> loader (language fails me, at the moment) to sdd is +</I>>>>>>>><i> fine? I know it's a very basic question - brain is +</I>>>>>>>><i> only half-functioning just now due to external +</I>>>>>>>><i> pressures. (sda has the old entry.) +</I>>>>>>><i> Just wanting confirmation that the existence of the old +</I>>>>>>><i> grub won't cause any problems :-) +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> Unfortunately, it does cause problems - of course sda is +</I>>>>>><i> checked before sdd. I assume that I will now need somehow +</I>>>>>><i> get rid of the grub on sda - what's the best way to do +</I>>>>>><i> that? Faint bells are ringing - about re-ordering disks, +</I>>>>>><i> but in these days of using disk IDs I'm not sure whether +</I>>>>>><i> the old ways are still valid, and I really don't want to +</I>>>>>><i> screw things up to the point where recovery is a very big +</I>>>>>><i> job. I'd appreciate thoughts from a mind that is calmer +</I>>>>>><i> 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 +</I>>>><i> this 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 +</I>>>>><i> and M1 on a SD; just reassigned the HD order and the boot +</I>>>>><i> order, and all is well, boots from the SD and offers me the +</I>>>>><i> choices. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> The only complication is when I change SD to install and try +</I>>>>><i> out another OS, I then have to remember to reset the HD and +</I>>>>><i> boot order in the BIOS or it directly boots Windows from the +</I>>>>><i> HD ;-3(. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Mageia appeared to be starting up, but when it came to logging +</I>>>><i> in, it couldn't find the home directories (separate +</I>>>><i> partition). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> AFAIR, on some PCs, changing boot order will also change drive +</I>>><i> naming (the BIOS really changes the enumeration order of +</I>>><i> devices). So if you didn't use a "smart" scheme for your +</I>>><i> /etc/fstab entries, like UUID= or LABEL= mounting, mounting those +</I>>><i> partitions will fail. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Just to be horribly awkward, installers, boot loaders and operating +</I>><i> systems can discover things in different orders. This can be much +</I>><i> worse if you connect and disconnect bits of hardware. There might +</I>><i> even be spinup delays depending on whether there is a hot boot or +</I>><i> a cold boot. (Some BIOSes allow for a time delay on some hard +</I>><i> drives to lessen the startup current.) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Worst case is you have to arrange the hardware then install, but if +</I>><i> you know which boot sector the BIOS is going to look at you can +</I>><i> problably sort out fstab and the boot loader after installation. +</I>><i> +</I>That's what I'm going to do. I'm following Gary's advice, and +re-installing with only the new drive attached - which is what I had +to do to get Windows installed. I'll mount the others from fstab +later if I need to. Other than that, I have a dock and usb HD +enclosures, so I've plenty ways of getting to the data. It's just not +worth fighting to do it a particular way. + +Thanks for the help, everyone. + +Anne +- -- +Need KDE help? Try +<A HREF="http://userbase.kde.org">http://userbase.kde.org</A> or +<A HREF="http://forum.kde.org">http://forum.kde.org</A> +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) +Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <A HREF="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/">http://enigmail.mozdev.org/</A> + +iEYEARECAAYFAlA93AQACgkQj93fyh4cnBeU2wCeIwVWXTxpiw6Ss1/gBaAuij6u +3/4AmwS/Bl6et8QU28U98Og2m/pqau1v +=A/7/ +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008633.html">[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008630.html">[Mageia-discuss] kernel update problem? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8634">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8634">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8634">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8634">[ 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> |