Mike Burger wrote:
> That won't work if there isn't a valid boot record on the mirror drive.
I am a little puzzled about which part you think won't work. Since I
wrote: "Depending on how you made your mirror, you might not even need
the floppy". That clearly implies that a boot floppy (or bootable CD)
might be required.
If you cannot create a boot record on the HD with the floppy, then how
was the method in your original post supposed to work, since you imply
that nothing other than the boot floppy is required?
My post simply added steps to what you had already written. I was only
proposing that he should make his mirror was bootable now, rather than
wait until his primary disk died. And the reason that I suggested that
was because he was clearly uncomfortable with trusting that the boot
floppy would work in an emergency. Not to mention that I think a backup
should be always be tested before there is an emergency.
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Duane Clark wrote:
>
> > Perhaps unplug your primary drive, plug your mirror in its place, and
> > try booting. Depending on how you made your mirror, you might not even
> > need the floppy. But in either case, you can now make your mirror
> > bootable, and not worry about the floppy. Once it is bootable, put it
> > back as the secondary disk and reconnect the primary drive, and you are
> > all set.
> >
> > And if you don't trust floppies, download this very handy bootable CD
> > image and burn a bootable CDROM. It will let you mount the HD and run
> > lilo to make it bootable, and is a valuable tool to have around in any
> > case.
> >
> > http://open-projects.linuxcare.com/BBC/
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Clement wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, this is workable. But ... is not that perfect, is it? Floppies
> > > are always something that I can't really trust.
> > >
> > > Mike Burger wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Don't worry about making the replacement drive bootable, to start.
> > > >
> > > > Create a boot disk...if your system crashes, move the mirrored drive into
> > > > the primary spot, boot from the floppy, and run lilo once the system is
> > > > up.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Clement wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Can you suggest an easy way to do it? Now after copying all files to a
> > > > > new harddisk, I cannot make the new drive bootable! Lilo insists on
> > > > > writing to the real boot device. The chroot '-r' switch cannot change
> > > > > this behaviour.
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