Re: machine will not boot after moving root

[Michael Hennebry]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2021, Lester M Petrie wrote:
> On 4/22/21 4:19 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > On 4/22/21 1:40 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> > > I'm trying to move my root directory from sda5 to sda3.
> > > After running grub2-install and grub2-mkconfig,
> > > my machine will not boot.
> >
> > I don't see any mention of your using dracut to rebuild your initramfs 
> > after making the changes.

What is dracut?
None of the sites I found in my research mentioned using it.
Also, I'm not sure the boot sequence got foar enough for it to matter.
I did not destroy sda5.
I'd expect to be able to boot from it.
That was not an option.
> Also you probably need to edit /etc/fstab to point / to the new root.

That I did.