On 29/03/07, Mat Grove <mjeg@???> wrote:
> 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.
>
If one used LVM, fstab would not need changing.
It would just follow the disk, no matter which channel it was on.
