On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:54:05 +0100
hantslug@??? wrote:
> On Thursday 29 Mar 2007 22:52, Luke Stutters wrote:
> > > 2. If I do make the change, will the present system still boot
> > > correctly if I tell the bios to boot from /dev/hdb? If not, is
> > there > a way around the problem without moving the disks around
> > more than once?
> >
> > No, you will need to change /etc/fstab at least. I don't have a
> > decent link for this one, couldn't see anything on the LUG wiki.
>
> I have never changed fstab. fstab picks up the disk I have installed
> on. E.g. on the box I am typing this on:
>
> /dev/hdc1 / reiserfs defaults
> 0 1
>
> And several times I have installed on the slave and again fstab has
> sorted this out for itself.
I read it as moving the hd containing an existing Linux install to a
new channel ("present system" in the above snipped of the email). The
fstab would indeed need fixing up if this is the case.
Mat
