Jason DeStefano wrote: > > so for the record, if i make a root partiton on a spare drive and > copy all the files over to mirror a normal drive, then set boot=/dev/hda > (or whatever), run "lilo", swap the drives, and reboot my machine > it will automatically boot on the new drive? > > In other words, setting "boot=/dev/sda" and running "lilo" is the > equvilent of that question during install that askes where you > would like to install the boot loader (which usually i pick /dev/sda)? > > Jason I am *guessing* that that will work, although I didn't quite do it that way (for other reasons). If this doesn't work I will tell you what I did - I'm not being cagey, I just don't want to type it up when I suspect there is no reason to. Kent > > At 07:56 AM 11/21/00 -0600, you wrote: > >Jason DeStefano wrote: > >> > >> If I'm understanding you right I think it sounds like the boot > >> loader didnt get transferred to the raid partition. The boot loader > >> is *usually* installed on the MBR of the boot drive (/dev/hda if its > >> IDE). Without it, linux wont load. I dont think running lilo after > >> changing the boot drive will install the boot loader to the MBR > >> of the other drive. So when you pull your BusTek drive out you > >> lose your boot loader on that drive's MBR and therefore it cant > >> boot cause it doesnt exist on the new drive. > > > >Thanks for the reply. I had already written the MBR on the RAID, > >and the RAID drive boots with no other *drives* in the system. What > >the RAID drive won't do is boot without the BusTek card in the system. > >Note that the BusTek card doesn't have any drives attached to it, it > >is just in there for no reason (other than the fact that it magically > >makes the RAID array boot...). > > > >Oh, to get lilo to write to any drive, change the directive > > > >boot=/dev/sda > > > >to whatever drive you want the MBR written to. (boot=/dev/sdb, etc...) > > > >> > >> Unfortunately I dont know how to fix this (assuming this is your > >> problem). I just know that I've had problems trying to boot off > >> a drive that wasnt the orginal boot drive I installed to. My solution > >> was to never create a situation where I had that problem. :) > >> > >> Beyond that, I'm clueless. :) > > > >Hey, that's the way it oughta be... > >Kent > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Kent Schumacher Structural Wood Corporation 4000 Labore Rd. St. Paul, MN 55110 Phone: (651) 426-8111 Fax: (651) 426-6859 e-mail: kent at structural-wood.com