I understand the flow....shouldn't I tell grub somehow that the new boot
drive is hd0,0? In your steps below, is there perhaps, a typo?

Thanks!

Mark

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:58 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com <
kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:

> >> 1. How do I change grub on the Linux drive (hdb) to say "the ...
> If you are running GRUB 0.XX (GRUB 1.XX is different):
> Boot your Debian machine and as root run:
> grub
> root (hd1,0)
> root (hd1)
> It should answer that it found the stages, verify that there are no errors.
> quit
>
>
> Then take a backup of /boot/grub/menu.lst and and make sure that everything
> is either using UUID(s) or labels or every reference to hd1,0 is converted
> to hd0,0
>
> Verify your /etc/fstab likewise.
>
>
> > 2. Do I move the second drive to the first ide port, or leave it as ...
> Shutdown, pull the cable from the windoze drive and plug it to Linux drive.
> Turn on and pray...   :)
> Free advice, you can't sue me   ;-)
> YMMV
> ET
>
>
>
>
> Mark Phillips writes:
>
> > I have two ide drives in one machine - drive 1 is a Windows drive and
> drive
> > 2 is a Linux drive. Using grub, I can boot into either windows or debian.
> I
> > want to remove the windows drive and replace it with a larger, blank
> drive
> > for backup storage. I have a feeling if I just remove the first drive and
> > put the new one there, the machine will not boot, since the MBR is
> probably
> > on the first drive (it came with the machine, and I just added the second
> > drive for Linux). My questions:
> >
> > 1. How do I change grub on the Linux drive (hdb) to say "the windows
> drive
> > is dead, boot here instead, long live linux"?
> >
> > 2. Do I move the second drive to the first ide port, or leave it as the
> > second ide drive and put the new drive in the fist ide port?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
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