[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please

Tue Aug 28 14:24:34 CEST 2012

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+On 28/08/12 13:02, Goh Lip wrote:
+> On 08/28/2012 07:49 PM, Goh Lip wrote:
+> 
+>> o when installing boot loader, ...... If the 'master drive' is
+>> not sda, but something else, go to MCC and reinstall boot loader
+>> to the right one, ie., specify 'sdb' or 'sdc' (the right one).
+> . . .
+> 
+>> Finally, should you remove sda, sdb or sdc, watch out for the
+>> above 2 points again.
+> 
+> There is a trick that we install boot/loaders to *ALL* disks so
+> that we do not run into this problem, ie. at MCC, we install
+> boot-loader to sdb, sdc, sdd and *again* to sda.
+> 
+> Still, need to watch out for manually changing
+> 
+> kernel (hdx,1)/boot/.... initrd (hdx,1)/boot/.....
+> 
+It does seem a problem waiting to happen, and I know I'm not at my
+brightest right now.  I think a better solution would be to disconnect
+the old drives and offer them up as external drives to get everything
+copied over.  I have to go out soon, but I'll think this over, and
+hope to tackle it this evening.
+
+Thanks for answering
+
+Anne
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