Moving F7

[Karl Larsen]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 9/26/07, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>   
>> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>>     
>>> On 9/26/07, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>>     I went through moving an entire existing F7, this one, from one hard
>>>>>> drive to another. It worked but I had a real problem with initrd. This
>>>>>> file has within it the partition it expects to find the system. I have
>>>>>> it working right now since the /boot is in another partition from the
>>>>>> rest of the system.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> I don't think that is true.
>>>>> I've moved kernel + initrd from one disk to another without problem.
>>>>> Obviously you have to have the modules it references on the disk.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>     Obviously to who? What modules are you talking about? What disk are
>>>> you talking about?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Hopefully obvious to anyone attempting such a thing.
>>>
>>> The disk on which you have moved the kernel to.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     OK the disk is the new one. What modules are being talked about?
>> What is a module?
>>     
>
>
> Simplified very much, it's kinda like a driver. Check the listing of
> the files that come in the kernel package.
>
>
>   
    Here is what is in my kernel:

[root at k5di grub]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
autofs4                24773  2
nf_conntrack_ftp       13761  0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns     7105  0
nf_conntrack_ipv4      15049  6
xt_state                6593  6
nf_conntrack           63049  4 
nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
nfnetlink               9945  2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
ipt_REJECT              8641  2
iptable_filter          7105  1
ip_tables              16517  1 iptable_filter
xt_tcpudp               7233  18
ip6t_REJECT             9537  2
ip6table_filter         6849  1
ip6_tables             17669  1 ip6table_filter
x_tables               18629  6 
xt_state,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,ip6t_REJECT,ip6_tables
hidp                   26689  2
rfcomm                 44377  0
l2cap                  30401  10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth              57893  5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                161981  1
ipv6                  277957  29 ip6t_REJECT
cpufreq_ondemand       12237  1
dm_mirror              25153  0
dm_multipath           21961  0
dm_mod                 57089  2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
video                  21065  0
sbs                    22729  0
button                 12113  0
dock                   13921  0
battery                14149  0
ac                      9285  0
floppy                 58661  0
snd_intel8x0           36061  4
snd_ac97_codec         96613  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                6465  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy           7877  0
snd_seq_oss            33473  0
snd_seq_midi_event     11073  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                50609  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         11981  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            43457  0
snd_mixer_oss          19521  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                74949  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              24901  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    53317  13 
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
forcedeth              49993  0
parport_pc             30821  0
soundcore              11681  2 snd
nvidia               7253108  24
parport                38281  1 parport_pc
snd_page_alloc         13769  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
k8temp                  9537  0
rtc_cmos               12001  0
sata_nv                22853  0
hwmon                   7365  1 k8temp
i2c_nforce2             9921  0
i2c_core               27841  2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
sr_mod                 20837  0
cdrom                  37089  1 sr_mod
sg                     37469  0
usb_storage            76673  0
pata_via               15813  0
pata_amd               16581  3
ata_generic            11589  0
libata                117809  4 sata_nv,pata_via,pata_amd,ata_generic
sd_mod                 31297  4
scsi_mod              140749  5 sr_mod,sg,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  125513  2
jbd                    59881  1 ext3
mbcache                12485  1 ext3
ehci_hcd               35405  0
ohci_hcd               23877  0
uhci_hcd               27089  0
[root at k5di grub]#

Which one should I be interested in?



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