Need help rearranging hard drives
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From: MrMe on 31 Jan 2008 14:55 Hello, I would like to rearrange my hard drive configuration. Currently I have hda ( win2k ), hdb ( a small disk w/Slackware 11 ) and hdd which is a larger disk ( also Slack 11 ) to replace hdb. hdc is my CD writer. I tried removing the older small disk - hdb - and put the larger disk in it's place. But then when I tried to reboot I got a whole mess of Lx's ( I forget what x was, 9 or 90 comes to mind ). Would someone kindly explain how to rearrange things so that hda remains win2k, hdb my large Slack and hdc stays CD writer. I intend to remove the small Slack disk. What files do I need to modify and how. I do remember editing fstab but I still got the Lx's stated above. It is my intent to start doing backups on my PC but I want the disk arrangement taken care of first. TIA = Paul =
From: Grant on 31 Jan 2008 15:27 On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:55:32 -0500, MrMe <MrMe(a)overhere.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to rearrange my hard drive configuration. Currently > I have hda ( win2k ), hdb ( a small disk w/Slackware 11 ) and hdd > which is a larger disk ( also Slack 11 ) to replace hdb. hdc is > my CD writer. > > I tried removing the older small disk - hdb - and put the larger > disk in it's place. But then when I tried to reboot I got a whole > mess of Lx's ( I forget what x was, 9 or 90 comes to mind ). > > Would someone kindly explain how to rearrange things so that hda > remains win2k, hdb my large Slack and hdc stays CD writer. I intend > to remove the small Slack disk. What files do I need to modify and > how. I do remember editing fstab but I still got the Lx's stated > above. For starters hard drives should be hda and hdc for best performance. You need to fix /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo to get rid of the Lx errors. How is slackware being booted instead of win2k, BIOS or /boot on hda? Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
From: Thomas Overgaard on 31 Jan 2008 17:02 MrMe(a)overhere.com wrote : > It is my intent to start doing backups on my PC but I want the > disk arrangement taken care of first. I would start making the backup first. But check out this Howto: /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/Hard-Disk-Upgrade -- Thomas O. This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.
From: MrMe on 31 Jan 2008 17:08 On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:27:40 +1100, Grant wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:55:32 -0500, MrMe <MrMe(a)overhere.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I would like to rearrange my hard drive configuration. Currently >> I have hda ( win2k ), hdb ( a small disk w/Slackware 11 ) and hdd >> which is a larger disk ( also Slack 11 ) to replace hdb. hdc is >> my CD writer. >> >> I tried removing the older small disk - hdb - and put the larger >> disk in it's place. But then when I tried to reboot I got a whole >> mess of Lx's ( I forget what x was, 9 or 90 comes to mind ). >> >> Would someone kindly explain how to rearrange things so that hda >> remains win2k, hdb my large Slack and hdc stays CD writer. I intend >> to remove the small Slack disk. What files do I need to modify and >> how. I do remember editing fstab but I still got the Lx's stated >> above. > > For starters hard drives should be hda and hdc for best performance. So I must rearrange my CD-W and Slack hd on the ribbon ? > You need to fix /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo to get rid of the Lx errors. > > How is slackware being booted instead of win2k, BIOS or /boot on hda? Not sure what you mean. During boot process I get the option to boot win2k or Linux. So I guess that would be BIOS ( ? ) ... After correcting lilo.conf, do I then edit fstab ? Any others ? = Paul =
From: Ray on 31 Jan 2008 22:01
MrMe wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:27:40 +1100, Grant wrote: > >> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:55:32 -0500, MrMe <MrMe(a)overhere.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to rearrange my hard drive configuration. Currently >>> I have hda ( win2k ), hdb ( a small disk w/Slackware 11 ) and hdd >>> which is a larger disk ( also Slack 11 ) to replace hdb. hdc is >>> my CD writer. >>> >>> I tried removing the older small disk - hdb - and put the larger >>> disk in it's place. But then when I tried to reboot I got a whole >>> mess of Lx's ( I forget what x was, 9 or 90 comes to mind ). >>> >>> Would someone kindly explain how to rearrange things so that hda >>> remains win2k, hdb my large Slack and hdc stays CD writer. I intend >>> to remove the small Slack disk. What files do I need to modify and >>> how. I do remember editing fstab but I still got the Lx's stated >>> above. >> For starters hard drives should be hda and hdc for best performance. > > So I must rearrange my CD-W and Slack hd on the ribbon ? > >> You need to fix /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo to get rid of the Lx errors. >> >> How is slackware being booted instead of win2k, BIOS or /boot on hda? > > Not sure what you mean. During boot process I get the option to boot > win2k or Linux. So I guess that would be BIOS ( ? ) ... > > After correcting lilo.conf, do I then edit fstab ? Any others ? > > = Paul = that sounds like lilo is coming up but can't find your kernel. lilo is a really simple boot loader, when you "run" lilo, I believe all it does is note where the kernel is on disk, and when you boot, after you select linux it jumps to there and starts loading. Which, if you're swapping disks... isn't the same spot unless you used dd. So, you need to run lilo after editing lilo.conf. Hopefully that makes sense. I am assuming here the select OS screen is LILO (it usually says so) and not the NT boot loader screen. Ray |