Dom Rodriguez/shymega said: > Definitely modify the header on a live CD - I don't know if you can do it on a > mounted FS, but my general rule of thumb though my experience is to always do > it on a live CD unless you can make the FS go offline... but as you said your > SSD is on the VG, yeah, do it on a live CD for sure :-)
Not an option, as far as I can tell. I have a system disk and I have managed to get to the point where I could install the system, but I didn't want to do that! I have not found any way to use it as a live CD. James Dutton said: > But this link gives you the instructions to follow. > Essentially it sounds like the old disk used an older OS version. > From looking at the instructions, the "vgck" command is needed. > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5906681 > > Note that the instructions will update the VG to work with a modern OS. > After doing that vgck, you will probably not be able to place the disk back > in the old machine and it work, if the old machine is still around. As far as the disk is concerned, it is in a new machine. It is the original disk with Debian 7.3. A chip on the motherboard failed: the board, CPU and power supply have been replaced and a SSD with Debian 11.1.0 added. I just need to fix the old disk so it will work with the new system. Problem is doing that without risking any damage to the new system. I suppose if I get short of space, I could format the old disk. I think there is just one file it would be useful to retrieve, but I can manage without it. Peter Alefounder. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------