Re: installing new harddrive
From: Dave (drobbins_at_drobbins.net)
Date: 07/23/04
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:58:44 -0400
Lenard wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:41:50 -0400, Dave wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I've got a dual boot setup with win2k on primary disk and fedora core2
>> on slave disk. I want to replace the primary disk. I believe grub is on
>> this primary disk, this will destroy my ability to boot linux won't it??
>> How do I make an emergency boot disk for linux and if I do destroy my
>> grub setup, how do I restore it??
>
> Answer to your questions (in order)
>
> Yes
>
> No need to make an emergency boot disk, you already have one(a CD version
> that is). Boot with the first Fedora Core 2 CD or the DVD (if you have
> one). At the menu screen type 'linux rescue' without the quotes, answer a
> few questions, do the 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' bit (read the screens as they
> appear) and then do something along the lines of; grub-install --recheck
> /dev/hda
>
> If for some reason you don't have a Fedora Core 2 CD or DVD just download
> the FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso from;
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/iso/ or any
> of the mirrors; http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html
>
> Burn to CD; http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/howtoburn.html
>
>
Lenard,
you da man
thanx
Dave
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