On 2021-01-18 01:00, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
On 18/1/21 9:44 am, Jerry Mellon wrote:
Currently the fstab file
reads as follows.
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: ST9500325AS
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0d0d6868
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 951703551 951701504 453.8G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 951705598 976771071 25065474 12G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 951705600 976771071 25065472 12G 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
Before OP installs the new drive, hadn't we better sort out the claimed
fstab. I think it is output from fdisk, but if grub is looking for sda1
to boot from and the new disk is assigned /dev/sda, he won't boot.
D'oh! Yes, that is fdisk(8) output.
Jerry -- please run the following command as root and post the complete
console session -- prompt, command entered, and output obtained:
# cat /etc/fstab
David
