Moving boot

[Les Mikesell]

Karl Larsen wrote:

>>> I now have the /boot part of my whole system. But it would be easy to 
>>> make a new partition of say 100 MB the first thing on the second hard 
>>> drive. My question is what do I need to do so the new /boot works?
>>>     
>>
>> I did something similar with a dual-boot system:  Windows on the
>> original first drive, all by itself.  And Linux installed on an added
>> second drive, all by itself.
>>
>> While setting up GRUB, you define its root (where /boot/ is) with a
>> "root (hd1,0)", then "setup (hd0)" which puts the bootloader onto the
>> first drive MBR, and quit out of the GRUB shell.
>>
>> [root at bigblack ~]# grub
>> grub> root (hd1,0)
>> grub> setup (hd0)
>> grub> quit
>> [root at bigblack ~]#
>>
>> In this scenario, the computer boots, reads the MBR on my first drive,
>> which starts off GRUB from my second drive.
>>
>> I believe that you can even set that up from within the GRUB start up
>> screen.  Just hit the right hot key to get into the command line.  You
>> can also do it from the rescue disc, so you can get a system working
>> that's not currently booting.
>>
>>   
>    I know Tim and that is what I use now that works. I have grub at 
> (hd0) and the Linux is at (hd1,5). This works fine so why move /boot?
> 
>    I am certain that (hd1,5) is about 100 GB up from start of the second 
> drive. And it works.

I thought this whole thread was about this setup not working all the 
time.  What does fdisk -l say about the cylinder range of that 5th 
partition?

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   Les Mikesell
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