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swapping boot partitions
Hello all,
I realized recently that when I installed knoppix it defaulted everything, including the boot stuff to hda3. (I created a 100mg boot partition which is unused, and a 500mg swap partition which is being used). So how do I transfer my boot files to the first partition? I know that I'll have to edit lil.conf to point to hda1 but that's about all I know.
Thanks.
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This worked for me.
do a su
mount destination by
mount /dev/hdax /mnt/hdax
"x" being the destination partition
cd to current boot directory
cd /boot
copy the folder
cp -Rp * /mnt/hdax
"x" being the destination again
edit fstab
mcedit /etc/fstab
add the line
/dev/hdax /boot auto rw,auto,user,exec 0 0
"x" the destination again
change the line in lilo.conf "/etc/lilo.conf" to
boot=/dev/hdax
that "x" again
run lilo
lilo -C lilo.conf
reboot
i use gag to select the partition i want to boot.
good luck
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sorry i didn't read your discription carefully
hdax
should be
hda1
hda1 being the new boot folder
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Thanks greatly. I couldn't ask for a more concise answer ![Very Happy](images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
What did you mean you use gag to select your boot partition?
Thanks again.
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Re: swapping boot partitions
--FYI, 100meg for a /boot partition is way overkill. 8-16Meg should be plenty.
![Quote](images/misc/quote_icon.png)
Originally Posted by
ferreter
Hello all,
I realized recently that when I installed knoppix it defaulted everything, including the boot stuff to hda3. (I created a 100mg boot partition which is unused, and a 500mg swap partition which is being used). So how do I transfer my boot files to the first partition? I know that I'll have to edit lil.conf to point to hda1 but that's about all I know.
Thanks.
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![Quote](images/misc/quote_icon.png)
Originally Posted by
ferreter
Thanks greatly. I couldn't ask for a more concise answer
What did you mean you use gag to select your boot partition?
Thanks again.
I have multiple operating systems
eg.
hda1: swap
hda2: windows xp
hda3: linux boot
hda5: linux boot
hda6: linux boot
hda7: knoppix
hda8: yoper
hda9: testing (slackware at the moment)
gag http://gag.sourceforge.net/
is a boot manager that easily lets you select a os to load
check it out. it is very easy to use, edit and config.
by putting lilo in the separate partitions instead the mbr you just config gag to select
hda3 for example and it will load lilo from hda3 and knoppix.
or hda5 to load yoper etc.....
have fun!
jaws75
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