On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:47:19AM -0000, Gary Harthill wrote: > > I use PXE boot to grab a Ghost boot image from an TFTP server. A > preconfigured Linux install then multicasts over to the machines. Some > of the machines have their hardware configured differently. ie on the > original machine > > > /boot = hda1 > > / = hda2 > > Swap = hda3 > > > On some machines the hard disks are plugged into a different IDE > controller (don't ask me why). So the config needs to be: > > > /boot = hdc1 > > / = hdc2 > > Swap = hdc3 > > > I can configure grub to boot the kernel but it fails when it attempts > to mount the partitions. > > > How do I re-configure this so it mounts the correct partitions? > Considering that I get to the rescue prompt and / is read only. At a guess, I'd try building a custom initrd with a custom script to detect the oddball configuration and modify fstab to suit. I'd use fdisk to detect where the hard drive is located, and mount temporarily to mount the root partition so you can hack fstab. So I would need those two executables in the initrd. BTW, please do not use HTML (Highly Toxic to Mail Language) in email. See http://www.charlescurley.com/netiquette.html 2.E. for a number of reasons not to. Thanks. > > > Cheers, > > Garry Harthill > > > Mirago Plc > > [1]www.mirago.com > > References > > 1. http://www.mirago.com/ > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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