Need Help Editing Grub

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>> 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