Hi could you give me instructions on exactly what to do please... Ive never done this before and dont really understand bootloaders very well. Khaled -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 19 October 2005 14:01 To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: installing a grub/lilo bootloader on the MBR of a MOUNTED hddy On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:51:18AM +0100, Khaled wrote: > Hi, > > I have duplicated a running server (sella) on my network to an empty hdd > (sellaCone) mounted as /mnt/sellaClone on another hdd hosting Fedora 3 (host > hdd=hda, sellaClone=hdc). Since I am cloning only the primary partition, > only hdc2 is being cloned (suse 9.2 puts swap partition as hdc1). > > My problem is that having duplicated all imported info/directories, I need > to create a bootloader on the MBR so that the disk can be booted on its own. > The question is how can I do this? > > Please advise... > > Many thanks. > > Khaled Boot using rescue disk or Disk one and type linux rescue. The mount the partition containing root directory. The run grub-install using --root-directory=DIR option.. -- ======================================================================= Support wildlife -- vote for an orgy. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
