On 10/20/07, Jonathan Dieter <jdieter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The point is that the rescue disk does not boot here, as the original > > F7 kernel is buggy; the working F7 kernel is recent. Any ideas how to > > overcome this problem? > > Try downloading the Fedora 8 Test 3 Rescue Image > (http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/releases/test/7.92/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-7.92-i386-rescuecd.iso). > > The methodology I've described is distribution-agnostic, so it doesn't > matter what distribution you use to perform it. Thanks to all. I have followed Jonathan's method, but I did not remove the old disk. However, I did increase the priority of the new disk as the first one. However, I get the following: # /sbin/fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500106780160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81963220480 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 9965 80040960 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdc: 120.0 GB, 120033041920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 3187 25597952 6 FAT16 /dev/sdc2 3188 3200 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/sdc3 3201 14593 91514272+ 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/sdd: 160.0 GB, 160040803840 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 * 1 10000 80324968+ 83 Linux /dev/sdd2 10001 19457 75963352+ 8e Linux LVM # The new disk is /dev/sda. It is rather strange that it says: "Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table" Any ideas? Paul
