-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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? so you have cloned the entire root (/) filesystem on /mnt/sellaCone ? okay, this might work (assuming everything is in place): chroot /mnt/sellaCone /sbin/grub-install /dev/hdc if there is no /boot directory containing kernels and grub binaries this will fail fairly horribly, however. Stuart - -- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX Who will save us from this plague of unrepentant top-posters? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDVlU8amPtx1brPQ4RAoj8AJ9zLMH1VE0Yrj1aAcb6DVC7rp6MtQCfc37k daFhp5Deppes1LhfmhgYuvo= =l2kk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
