Re: Slightly failed Hard-Disk-Upgrade

From: Kevin Mark (kmark+debian-user_at_pipeline.com)
Date: 12/28/03

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    On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 08:24:35AM +1100, Kieren wrote:
    >
    > I have followed the Hard-Disk-Upgrade to the best of my ability,
    > upgrading the 3.5 gb hard drive on my old pentium 100 (Dell) laptop to
    > a 30 gig hard drive. Everything went well, except that when I boot I
    > get the following:
    Hi Kieren,
    I'm still a little confused.
    Did you do this:
    open laptop
    take out old hd
    attach old hd to desktop and make drive image
    attach new hd to desktop and copy drive image to new hd
    put new hd in laptop

    And now it doesnt work?
    How is a pcmcia hd card involved if you are booting from a 3.5 hd?
    Does is freeze if the pcmcia card is IN when you boot? if it is, take
    the card out and/or disable it on bootup.
    More info would help me at least.
    -Kev

    >
    > Loading Linux ...............................
    >
    >
    > Then everything stops.
    >
    > My /etc/lilo.conf looks like this:
    >
    > lba32
    > disk=/dev/hdc bios=0x80
    > boot=/dev/hdc1
    > root=/dev/hda1
    > map=/flash/boot/map
    > install=/flash/boot/boot.b
    > vga=normal
    > append="apm=on"
    > default=Linux
    > image=/flash/vmlinuz # This drive is mounted on /flash when
    > # performing the upgrade
    > label=Linux
    > read-only
    >
    > The new hard disk is being accessed by a PCMCIA hard disk card if that
    > makes any difference. I /can't/ make a boot floppy, as the floppy
    > drive in this laptop is non-functional, so can anyone suggest a way
    > that I can resolve this problem so that I can boot off the new disk (I
    > do have a workaround, but I want to use the old disk in a new old
    > laptop very soon).
    >
    > Thanks in anticipation.
    >
    > --
    > Kieren
    >
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