[svlug] How to change root directory from hdc9 to hda9?

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya sean...

yes to rays instructions....and than....for just in case...
try copying the kernel to a floppy too....
- you'd probably get a kernel panic since that kernel thinks
  you are still at hdc....
	dd if=/mnt/boot/<your_kernel> of=/dev/fdo
	rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda

if normal boot doesnt work....try the above boot floppy...

if that doesnt work....try a different kernel..and or re-run
lio with the proper parameters loaded ( messy )

-- hope you have all your data saved off on a different disk ??

c ya
alvin

> Ray Olszewski wrote:
> 
> I'd do it by booting from a full-strength recsue disk like tomsrtbt. Then
> mount hda9 someplace convenient (like /mnt) and edit /etc/fstab to change
> the various hdc* entries into corresponding hda* entries. Then try rebooting
> the normal way and see if it works.
> 
> That may be the source of your problem ... but really, your description is
> too sketchy to be sure. The kernel panics for lots of reasons, and I'm only
> guessing about what the actual one here might be.
> 
> At 08:37 PM 8/14/00 -0700, Sean Cheng wrote:
> >Hi, IDE 1 of my old computer died months ago, so I
> >always connected my hard drive to IDE2 (/dev/hdc).
> >Several days ago, IDE 2 also died, so I had to get
> >another mainboard. Now I connect my hard drive to hda,
> >but then I get kernel panic message (I always use
> >floppy disk to boot). Is there any way I can use my
> >linux again without re-installation? Thanks.
> 
> 
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> Ray Olszewski                                        -- Han Solo
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