Sorry for the FAQ-like questions, but I can't find my docs handy: I have used
in the past some of the instructions from:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html
to move a Linux system to a new hard drive, but have not done it in a while. I
just got a new one recently (160GB) and
Answering my own question ;) While playing with info cpio I remembered/found
what I needed: I would have to pipe find / through cpio - got number 2. I
guess I will just go by the book with 1 ...
Sorry for the trouble ... just dump the original email ;)
Stef
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 06:43 pm,
you need an initrd file for your installation. boot with a floppy and
mount the root partition somewhere.
mkinitrd /boot/initrd_kernel_id.img kernel_id
example:
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.17 2.2.17
look in your /lib/modules and /boot directories for a list of the
kernels that you have
PS
You're very lucky that your message was readable. Reconfigure your
e-mail and get rid of the HTML. Its a lot easier to read plain text and
you'll get a better response without it.
^_^
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I ipgraded my ide system with ut2 scsi controller ( tekram-symbios)
and 2
ibm
00 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] hard drive upgrade (ide to scsi)
you need an initrd file for your installation. boot with a floppy and
mount the root partition somewhere.
mkinitrd /boot/initrd_kernel_id.img kernel_id
example:
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.17 2.2.17
look in your /lib/modules
00 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] hard drive upgrade (ide to scsi)
you need an initrd file for your installation. boot with a floppy and
mount the root partition somewhere.
mkinitrd /boot/initrd_kernel_id.img kernel_id
example:
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.17 2.2.17
look in your /lib/modules
I ipgraded my ide system with ut2 scsi controller ( tekram-symbios) and
2ibm u2w scsi hds. It detected the controller properly, but I still
can notconnect to any of scsi hds. scsi ids are 0 and 1. The
devices I tried toaccess were /dev/sda and /dev/sdb( fdisk
/dev/sda). The error message I
