Boot disk

Edward Dekkers edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Wed Jun 22 07:26:23 UTC 2005


Larry D Sorensen wrote:
> I have just purchased a larger hard drive to be used in my Linux WS3
> system. I have copied all of the files and directories over using 'dump'.
> Once I take out the old drive and install the new drive, what else do I
> need to do to make the new drive bootable?
> 

I've never used this particular approach myself, but assuming all 
partitions and files are intact, then running the Fedora disk in rescue 
mode and re-installing grub to the MBR should do it.

Regards,
Ed.


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