Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

[Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com>]

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.

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Keith Bainbridge

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