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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:12:40 -0700 (PDT), michael@×××××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> I have Gentoo (2005.0) installed on my master primary device, and I |
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> am trying to create a minimal Linux system on a new disk, my slave |
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> primary device. |
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> So, I partition and make a 32M ext2 file system, make the appropriate |
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> directories and devices, install busybox and other odds and ends. Then I |
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> copy over the kernel from my Gentoo system (same hardware, so the same |
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> kernel). |
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> Finally I install grub on the slave primary device, and set up my |
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> grub.conf like so: |
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> default 0 |
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> timeout 10 |
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> title=minimal linux on slave primary device |
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> root (hd1,0) |
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> kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 |
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> root (hd1,0) should be the first partition on my slave primary device |
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You don't need to install GRUB on the slave drive, just add this to your |
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existing grub.conf. GRUB is able to boot from a different drive. |
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> I test by rebooting and entering my bios settings, and then i set the |
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> boot device to hd1 instead of hd0. Save and exit, and grub tells me |
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> "Error 15: File not found". |
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That's because your slave drive is now hd0, the boot drive is |
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considered the first drive. Either fix your config or, and better IMO, |
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keep everything in one grub.conf on the master drive. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Forget the Joneses...I can't keep up with The Simpsons. |
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