Re: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root

2011-12-14 Thread Joseph Spenner
Am 12.12.2011 17:01, schrieb Joseph Spenner:   From: Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com To: centos@centos.org centos@centos.org Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:51 AM Subject: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root   OS= CentOS 5.4

Re: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root

2011-12-14 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: I booted the rescue-cd and reinstalled initrd from RPM.  That seemed to fix it. It amazes me how complex the whole boot process needs to be.  Or why there doesn't exist a simple bootable CD to fix an incorrect or

[CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root

2011-12-12 Thread Joseph Spenner
OS= CentOS 5.4, 64bit. I've always had great luck using dd to copy entire disks, and booting on other systems.  However, I'm having difficulty with a couple systems.  I boot using an install DVD so the OS disk is quiet, and dd to my target disk: # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1024k /dev/sdb

Re: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root

2011-12-12 Thread Joseph Spenner
From: Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com To: centos@centos.org centos@centos.org Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:51 AM Subject: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root OS= CentOS 5.4, 64bit. I've always had great luck using dd to copy entire

Re: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root

2011-12-12 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 12.12.2011 17:01, schrieb Joseph Spenner: From: Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com To: centos@centos.org centos@centos.org Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:51 AM Subject: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root OS= CentOS 5.4

Re: [CentOS] dd disk will not boot - can't find /dev/root

2011-12-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Joseph Spenner joseph85...@yahoo.com wrote: OS= CentOS 5.4, 64bit. I've always had great luck using dd to copy entire disks, and booting on other systems.  However, I'm having difficulty with a couple systems.  I boot using an install DVD so the OS disk is