Re: Question on installing a bootloader

From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:16:55 GMT

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:47:34 +0100, Bob Coates wrote:
> I have the need to clone a load of HD's, not all the same size. The problem
> I have is installing a bootloader on the disk, either LILO or GRUB, when the
> disk I'm installing it to isn't the primary master (hda).
>
> The disk is connected as secondary master (hdc) with the machine booting off
> a working system disk (hda).
> I want to install the bootloader onto hdc, such that when I then connect it
> as hda, it will boot.
> I can't get either LILO or GRUB to work, GRUB it seems will try and find
> stage2 on hdc, which isn't there. LILO I think I'm building the lilo.conf
> file correctly but when I boot I just get 'LI' and it hangs.
>
> Anybody done this before and can help? I've googled away but found nothing.

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