Hey Robert, > David E. Meier wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> I got a small (I guess) problem: I built a new PC with two disks. The >> primary disk boots either RH9 or W2K. The second disk is for holding >> data >> only. Both disks are on the same IDE channel. >> >> Now, I got another disk I used in PC that has left life on earth and was >> also running RH9. I have plugged it into the sencond IDE channel in >> order >> to recover the data stored on it. >> >> That's what happens now: When boot the new PC it boots off the old >> (third) >> disk and therefore stalling with a bunch of errors. I checked the BIOS >> and >> that disk is not set as the first boot disk. I am puzzeled... >> >> Dave >> >> > > Let me guess: You're using GRUB as your boot loader. You're damn right... ;-) > This has been beaten to death on the Fedora list > (fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx) probably because the exposure is greater over > there. You can find some good discussions by some knowledgeable folks in > the archives, including links to bugzilla reports and other on-line help. > In your particular example, the fly in the ointment is probably the fact > that drive numbers are not tied to physical connection, *nix style, but > can be displaced, M$ style. I was similarly GRUBbed recently. > That's really all I want to say because I'm NOT an expert and I don't > want to mislead you into doing something really bad, Thanks for the hint. I found already some points in another RH thread about it, however, the results presented there lead to no success. I'll google some more. This does not mean I am not open to suggestions anymore. ;-) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
