-----Original Message----- From: Jon Elson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 November 2008 07:27 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem
> You have 2 swap partitions, that is never needed, and there is nothing of interest in there. The Extended partition is just a container for other partitions, an ugly MSDOS hack from the dark ages. SDA1 is a very small partition, must be your /boot partition. Installing Ubuntu may have wiped out the old boot partition, and taken away your old (BDI) kernel files. It depends on how that system was set up, with a separate /boot partition or not. SDA2 and SDA5 are the only real partitions that have user files, EMC, etc. in them. Names of partition to grub are different that when Linux is up. Most confusing. hd0,4 is PROBABLY sda5, but I'm not a grub expert. You will need to construct a new entry "stanza" in the grub/menu.lst file to boot the other system. But, WHY do you want to still use the "old" system? Do you think G-code files, etc. won't be compatible? Certainly not true! You can mount your old partitions and move any user files, machine config files or any other stuff easily to the new file system, or just leave the old file system attached and run old programs from there. I do this on a regular basis, buying a new (larger) disk drive and moving all files over to the new one, keeping the old disk online for a few months until I am sure I got everything off it. Yes, careful work is required, but you are already using fdisk, one of the most dangerous programs around. Just use it in the list mode, or with the P command (list partitions) and it is fine, but you have to be careful. Jon Hi Jon Thanks for looking at it. See if I have this right. 1) The old "stuff" is there.(some of it maybe)&(why do I want it) 2) It's not worth the effort to make it run.( because it probably wont.) 3) The old "Stuff" can be accessed and files(some)can be brought to Ubuntu8.04./EMC2 Is that roughly it. Because 3 is looking good. It's obviously important not to wreck the new Ubuntu8.04/EMC2. So should we go for 3. Please note the we. Can you take me through it one step at a time. Thanks Regards Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
