Thanks. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Moving partitions > Larry Marshall wrote: > > > Partition Magic will move the data as the partition is moved. If I > > understood what he was asking, there'd be no change in fstab. Most likely > > /boot would still be /dev/hda5. Maybe I didn't understand what he was > > asking. > > If a Linux partition is copied, the copy will not boot. You must > bring up another working Linux partition (maybe the source of the > partition copy) then as root: > > mount the copied partition. > > chroot <mount point> kedit /etc/fstab > > Alter the root line to the new device. > > Remove any other mention of the new root partition. > > Save. > > chroot <mount point> kedit /etc/lilo.conf > > Change all mentions of the old root device to the new root device. > > Save. > > chroot <mount point> /sbin/lilo > > Boot down. > > Add the new boot device to your boot manager (hopefully xosl). > > Boot the new Linux partition. > > Yes, that's all!! > > If you now want to delete the old Linux partition, remember to > replace it with a minimum-size ext2 placeholder partition so as not > to disturb the partition numbering. > > -- > Regards, > > Ron. [AU] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. >
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