RE: feature request

[Hari Narayanan]

Hi

Once you have done the grub-install, edit the grub.conf (menu.lst)  and 
change the
entry to be exactly like your old one
(hd0) /dev/hda1   etc.  There should be no
reference to  hdb.

Then power off, take out your old 20GB drive, put in the new 80GB drive and 
you
should be all set. ( Make sure to set the dip switches on the new drive so 
that it is seen
as the primary master.

Hari

> From: Torsten Mohr <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: feature request
> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 14:35:35 +0100
>
> Hi,
>
> i've read the FAQ and googled for it, but did not find
> any answer.
>
> The problem:
>
> I have a working linux installed on a 20 G hard disk.
> I boots up with "grub", everything works fine, except
> that disk space is too small.
>
> I just bought an 80 G hard disk and want to copy the
> system over to that disk "as it is".
>
> So i booted my system with /dev/hda as the 20 G disk
> and have the other disk (80 G) available as /dev/hdb.
> I partitioned, formatted /dev/hdb and copied the the
> normal files, no problem.
>
> Now i'd like to also make the disk bootable via grub.
>
>
> Some years ago when i used lilo (an other boot loader)
> there was the possibility to install it it on a hard disk
> /dev/hdb so that it would boot up fine when it would be
> attached as /dev/hda in a PC.  If i remember the parameter
> necessary was bios=0x81 or something like that.
>
>
> Is it possible for grub to install on a disk /dev/hdb,
> then switch off the PC, remove disk /dev/hda and replace
> it with the former disk /dev/hdb that would then boot up
> as /dev/hda?
>
> I hope it is clear what i want to do, is something like this
> possible?
>
>
> Thanks for any hints,
> Torsten.
>
>
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