On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:20:55 +0200, <gp...@ccf.auth.gr> said: > whollyg...@letterboxes.org wrote: > > *created all the lvm volumes groups and partitions, > > *created ext3 filesystems on the partitions, > > *created the necessary mount points on /, mounted all the > > partitions, then cpio'd everything over from the old drive, > > *ran #grub > > grub> root (hd0,0) > > grub> setup (hd0,0) (this is how the old drive is setup) > > *rebooted > > > > > > DISCLAIMER: This might not be your problem. > > But if you still care to try: Boot with a live cd, and: > # grub > grub> root (hd0,0) > grub> setup (hd0) > Yes, this worked. I also figured out why setup (hd0,0) did not, when examining the backed up MBR (yes, I backed it up this time:) of the drive. About the first half or two thirds of it was zeroed.
That didn't look right so in dos I ran "fdisk /mbr" on a spare drive and compared the two. I don't know what all those non-zero values represent but I guess it is enough to send the boot process to the first partition to continue booting. Thanks. wg -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
