On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 21:11 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
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> wrote on Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:21 -0500:
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> > LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> >
> > LV Size 10.53 GB
> >
> > > And the output of pvdisplay.
> >
> > [root@compaq1300 ~]# pvdisplay
> > --- Physical volume ---
> > PV Name /dev/hda9
> > VG Name VolGroup00
>
> Ok, that clarifies that the VG on /dev/hda3 is not in use at all and your
> CentOS is indeed installed on the LV on hda9. I still wonder how this mess
> was created. Did you have an earlier Linux installation on it and forgot
> to wipe that completely before you installed CentOS?
Kai: There was an earlier installation with Fedora Core or CentOS, and
Windows 98 on it.. I think that I wiped the drive, before installing Win
XP and CentOS 5, but that was almost 6 months ago and I am not 100%
positive that I did in fact wipe the HD. For the earlier Linux
installations, I did the partitioning manually, with Disk Druid.
> I think the easiest way to get you back on track is to edit your fstab.
> There is a line about /boot in it that points to /dev/hda3. Change that to
> /dev/hda8. This is all.
> But before you do that, please check that there is indeed a grub.conf on
> it that contains the "old" information. You know the path I gave you was
> slightly wrong. Once you have confirmed that you can make the change to
> fstab (/etc/fstab). Be really careful when you do that as the wrong
> changes can make your system unbootable.
I will reread this entire thread and then keep my fingers crossed and do
it. If I make her system unbootable, my wife will be unhappy......
> Once the change is done the *next* kernel that gets installed will go to
> the correct boot partition and the correct grub.conf will be updated with
> the correct information to boot with the new kernel.
Thank you, for all of the time and expertise you have shared with me!
Lanny
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