Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 2021-01-18 01:00, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
> 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.

D'oh!  Yes, that is fdisk(8) output.


Jerry -- please run the following command as root and post the complete 
console session -- prompt, command entered, and output obtained:

# cat /etc/fstab


David