2009/11/5 Danny Rawlins <d.rawlins@datafast.net.au>: Hi, [...]
Then to install the boot loader while your in old system:
lilo -M /dev/sdb
I think it won't work, as the /dev/sdb is not present in 'old system'.
As after rebooting to to use new libata the node will be sdb instead of hdb, else you'll have a hard time trying to get it to find hdb when it's listed as sdb.
You right ;) But the problem is that it work in both direction. I've already tried in the to add "root=/dev/sdb1" in 'old system' and lilo complained that /dev/sdb1 didn't exist. Of course I could create a symlink or change some udev rules, but the boot time of the machine does not encourage to much 'blind tests'. I'll try chrooting with parameter from CD as suggested in other post. Wawrzek -- Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański vel Wawrzek Larry or LarryN Linux User #177124 E-MAIL: wawrzek@gmail.com PhD in Quantum Chemistry WWW: http://wawrzek.name MSc in Molecular Engineering JID: wawrzek@jabber.wroc.pl