On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri 28 Sep 2012 at 22:24:16 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote: > >> I would like to move from old 320GB HDD to a new 1TB HDD. I have the >> following partition structure: >> >> sda1 - XP >> sda2 - Debian 7 x86_64 (boot partition) >> sda3 - swap >> >> The GRUB is on the sda2 partition not in the MBR. That's why sda2 is >> the boot partition. If I set sda1 as boot partition XP runs. I just do >> not want to disturb original MBR loader code. >> >> I clone my system to a new bigger HDD using Clonezilla 2 for Linux. At >> start GRUB loader only writes GRUB on the screen and nothing else >> happen. If I set sda1 as boot XP load and works fine. I've tried to >> reinstall grub under RIPLinux x86_64 with mount sda2 and chroot but no >> success. update-grub displays no error but no success. The Linux >> filesystem including /boot folder and grub is there. Most likely there >> is some missing piece which is not part of filesystem therefore >> clonezilla misses that part. >> >> My question is what is the recommended way of reinstall GRUB after >> cloning in such situation? Why update-grub does not works? Might try >> to copy with dd and resize later? > > At the GRUB prompt press the 'e' key. Please post what you see. There > will probably be a long UUID. To save some typing put 123 for it.
Thanks. Might I was not clean. This is not grub prompt just a GRUB line on the screen. Keys even ctrl-alt-del don't work. I assume this is the output of loader in the boot sector of sda2. Bye, a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAPkuXvGexBQvvBetNfPLHOPvoXgGiqU=SciNmdZ0=jetdzp...@mail.gmail.com
