On Tuesday 01 January 2008, Les Mikesell wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> Said another way, if the mobo's bios can't see this new drive, then it >> obviously cannot boot from it. This is not a linux problem, but a bios >> problem. >> >> My current workaround was to move all the stuff from /boot1, the first >> partition on this sata drive that the F8 install to this drive made, >> to /boot, the first partition on ide0,0 drive, at which point F8 will >> boot, using the /VolGroup01 etc on the sata drive as its / drive, and with >> /boot1 as its /boot once its booted. Weird, as it disconnects the /boot >> it booted from, but it works. > >That's a fairly normal configuration. If you have multiple disks, the >grub install and /boot have to be on bios-enabled drives, but / or the >LVM containing it does not since the kernel drivers are active by the >time you access it. You probably have duplicate labels on the /boot >partitions, a common problem if you move drives around. Either change >the labels or fix /etc/fstab to refer to the partition name so the >active /boot partition is mounted for updates, etc. > I did that while configing the disks in the first place, except for /boot1, that was apparently in response to finding a /boot already in use. However, I hadn't tried that with the f8 version of fstab yet, I assume it would work. Thanks Les. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 'Mounten' wird f�i Dinge benutzt: 'Aufsitzen' auf Pferde, 'einklinken' von Festplatten in Dateisysteme, und, nun, 'besteigen' beim Sex. -- Christa Keil
