Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-07-02 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:28:05 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: I had to add to /etc/modules a couple of modules. I can't remember in which order, but at first I had no mouse pointer showing at all. I modprobed one module, then had the mouse pointer, but couldn't move it, then modprobed the second

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-07-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PC, besides the swap partition, I have one partition, hda1, for MS Windows and another five for Linux: hda6, had7, hda8, hda9, hda10. At the moment the `boot partition' is hda6 and I want it to be, say, hda9. Sorry if I can'y use the right words.

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-07-01 Thread Joe Hart
On Sunday 01 July 2007 13:33:17 Rodolfo Medina wrote: [snip] I've done more tests and these are my conclusions: 1) if I run the above grub commands from the `target' partition everything goes well: e.g., if I want to install hda6 grub boot loader to the mbr, I have to do: # grub

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-30 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PC, besides the swap partition, I have one partition, hda1, for MS Windows and another five for Linux: hda6, had7, hda8, hda9, hda10. At the moment the `boot partition' is hda6 and I want it to be, say, hda9. Sorry if I can'y use the right words.

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-30 Thread Joe Hart
On Saturday 30 June 2007 15:24:08 Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PC, besides the swap partition, I have one partition, hda1, for MS Windows and another five for Linux: hda6, had7, hda8, hda9, hda10. At the moment the `boot partition' is hda6 and I want

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-30 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:33:09 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:33:09 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I want to do so beacuse: now I'm still using Debian Sarge, which is installed in hda6; I want to install Debian Etch in hda9; then when I'm sure that everything is all right

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-30 Thread Nigel Henry
On Saturday 30 June 2007 22:41, Felix Karpfen wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:33:09 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:33:09 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I want to do so beacuse: now I'm still using Debian Sarge, which is installed in hda6; I want to install Debian Etch in

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my computer the master boot record is installed in /dev/hda6. Suppose I want to move it and have it installed in /dev/hda9: is it possible, and how? Russell L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is only one master boot record per drive. hda6

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-29 Thread Joe Hart
On Friday 29 June 2007 15:33:09 Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my computer the master boot record is installed in /dev/hda6. Suppose I want to move it and have it installed in /dev/hda9: is it possible, and how? Russell L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-29 Thread Bob McGowan
Joe Hart wrote: On Friday 29 June 2007 15:33:09 Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my computer the master boot record is installed in /dev/hda6. Suppose I want to move it and have it installed in /dev/hda9: is it possible, and how? Russell L. Harris [EMAIL

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PC, besides the swap partition, I have one partition, hda1, for MS Windows and another five for Linux: hda6, had7, hda8, hda9, hda10. At the moment the `boot partition' is hda6 and I want it to be, say, hda9. Sorry if I can'y use the right words.

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-29 Thread Bob McGowan
Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipped Bob McGowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I understand correctly, you have Sarge on a partition that you want to preserve, while using a second partition on the same disk to install Etch. Yes, that's right. Once

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-28 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi. If i have not misunderstand, you'd like to move the boot partition? In my computer the master boot record is installed in /dev/hda6. Suppose I want to move it and have it installed in /dev/hda9: is it possible, and how? If you are using grub probably it's enought to do a: grub-install

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-28 Thread Michael G. Hansen
Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi, Debian users. In my computer the master boot record is installed in /dev/hda6. Suppose I want to move it and have it installed in /dev/hda9: is it possible, and how? The master boot record is always in the first sector of the drive, in your case that would be in

Re: How to move the master boot record?

2007-06-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070628 16:35]: In my computer the master boot record is installed in /dev/hda6. Suppose I want to move it and have it installed in /dev/hda9: is it possible, and how? First of all, forget about any advice which you may receive concerning LILO. GRUB is the