On 17:52:31 Oct 03, Arun Venkataswamy wrote: > Hi, > > I use a simple/brute force system to clone linux systems. I basicaly use it > to create "all apps installed system". OpenSUSE 10.3 is the base. From the > master system, I just tar the entire file system leaving out 'proc' and > 'sys'. In the target system, I use a live CD distrubution to boot, format > and untar the master file system to the hard disk (I have the huge tar file > in a pen drive). After untar, I create the proc and sys directories and then > run grub and setup the system to boot. > > This was working fine even when the target system used a different hardware > setup. Now for a particular motherboard (VIA based), the kernel while > booting displays the following message- > waiting for device /dev/sda1 to appear...... > This waits for a long time and tries to fallback on the second partition > (swap) which also fails. > Googling did not give much info. > > what could be the problem? When I use OpenSUSE rescue mode, the ide driver > "via_pata" is loaded. Is it possible to load this via_pata module during > boot (before init)?
This does not seem to be a clean way of doing things. I have not really understood the full implications or thought through the process you are following. If I were you I would go with a formal method of cloning like dump/restore. That always works in *BSD though you have to install the boot loader separately. I see that there is a dump/restore for linux as well (search in sf.net). There are other slower ways like dd(1). -Girish _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
