swap drives

Paul Melson melson@scnc.holt.k12.mi.us
Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:52:23 -0400


On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 07:55:12AM -0400, Marcel Kunath wrote:
> If you take a drive and install Linux on it in a machine on /dev/hda and then
> take this drive to another machine but put it on /dev/hdc or so. It probably
> won't boot straight away. What changes do you have to make besides maybe
> adjusting entries in /etc/fstab?

	You'll also need to edit /etc/lilo.conf and 
	change the partition in the "boot=" and "root="
	lines, then run `lilo` again to update the boot 
	sector.  If you're running LILO off the MBR, 
	you may have to re-install LILO altogether.


PaulM

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