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Re: Can't boot after harddrive replacement



On Mon, 12 May 2014 03:26:08 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 11 May 2014 22:38:20 +0300
> Itay Furman <itayf@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> > mount point /proc does not exist [Note: similar errors for few more
> > missing mount points such as /usr/local, /cache]
> > 
> > special device /dev/sda1 does not exist  [Note: that's the would be
> > /boot partition]
> > 
> > special device /dev/mapper/vg-home does not exist [Note:
> > would-be /home reside on a Logical Volume vg/home]
> > 
> > [Same error for the other file trees that reside on Logical Volumes]
> > 
> 
> OK, next test: Let's find out why the /dev/sd?? mounts didn't work.
> What's the output of:
> 
> lsblk
> sudo blkid
> 
> Note: If sudoers won't let you do blkid, just do it as root.
> 
> SteveT

IMPORTANT: I forgot to say that the preceding two commands should be
done after booting the live CD and chrooting to the supposed root
partition on the new drive.

SteveT

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