Hello all, Many thanks for your replies. Having tried all of your advice, I am stil at square one. Sometimes I get the error message that grub needs to be installed (but I have all necessary files, configured correctly, copied from the original server - sella). Secondly that it cannot find the device when I specify --root-directory=DIR. Having also tried Stuart's advice: /sbin/grub-install /dev/hdc there is no grub-install entry under /sbin/ so it didnt let me do it... I am lost :( Could someone guide me to how to install grub (or lilo - I just want the disk to boot on its own) on a mounted HD (/dev/hdc2), where hdc1 is swap, and hdc2 is / I noticed that copying /dev/ from sella to the sellaClone was incomplete because the drives were missing (the only thing copied was MAKEDEV); thus, this is the only thing I have under /dev/ of sellaClone. I think this is why, when I chroot to the mount point and issue grub-install /dev/hda2, it cannot find the device under /dev/ (?) Please help. Khaled First of all, can you tell me -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stuart Sears Sent: 19 October 2005 16:04 To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: installing a grub/lilo bootloader on the MBR of a MOUNTED hdd -----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----- -- 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 ______________________________________________________________________
