[CS-FSLUG] help with Libranet boot problem

[R. Thompson]

Hi Josiah,

	Finished up work at midnight and I'm just now heading to bed.

	I did as Jukka suggested and looked at the following files:
#/etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#<device> <mount point>   <type>   <options>               <dump> <pass>
/dev/hdb1  /              reiserfs defaults                   0      1
/dev/hda2  none           swap     sw                         0      0
/dev/hdb2  none           swap     sw                         0      0
proc       /proc          proc     defaults                   0      0
/dev/fd0   /floppy        auto     defaults,user,noauto       0      0
usbfs      /proc/bus/usb  usbfs    rw,devmode=0660,devgid=432 0      0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom      udf,iso9960  defaults,user,noauto,ro   0      0

the mtab file looks like this
/dev/hdb1 / reiserfs rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5, mode=620 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,devmode=0660,devgid=432 0 0

	It appears that there is no mention of hda1.  If it is a matter of
setting up booting using grub, I think I should have the procedure in
one of the books I have.

	Thanks for the help, I'll tackle this when I'm back at work, hopefully
not before Monday :-)

	Ron T.

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 08:20, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> chech your grub.conf file. In there you can set it up so that it boots
> as root=/dev/hda1 or root=/dev/hdb1 or whatever. This just follows your
> kernel parameters (cause it is one). You can even set it up so that you
> can boot from either drive.
> 
> JSR/
> 
> On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 09:20, R. Thompson wrote:
> > Thanks Jukka!,
> > 
> > 	I'm heading back to work and I'll take a look at the /etc/fstab file. 
> > I know that the system does have grub, which I haven't had any
> > experience with.  There is something else called xvmount, and I've set
> > it to mount everything without permissions, but it didn't seem to help.
> > 
> > 	Ron T.
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 01:14, Jukka Y wrote:
> > > (again, I feel myself not an expert with this but I try to help :-).
> > > 
> > > I think that in order to add another drive (or partition) into your system, 
> > > you have to make a mountpoint for it somewhere into your current 
> > > directory-tree, add a corresponding information to your /etc/fstab-file and 
> > > "mount" that new "mountpoint" (this can happen automatically during the boot 
> > > if you have right options in /etc/fstab). If you want a "dualboot"-system 
> > > (two separate Libranet-installations in same computer) you should "inform" 
> > > boot manager about the alternative booting-targets.
> > > 
> > > 1: What does /etc/fstab look like in installation you are able to boot in?
> > > 2. Which boot-manager does it use - lilo or grub?
> > > 
> > > Blessings,
> > > Jukka
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Friday 14 May 2004 08:37, R. Thompson wrote:
> > > > I've been relatively inactive, working too much again :-)  I got off
> > > > work at 11 pm tonight.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with a problem with
> > > > my Linux (Libranet 2.8.1) computer at work, no doubt this is a self
> > > > inflicted problem.
> > > >
> > > > As the memory on the small HD was getting low, I installed a second
> > > > small HD.  I couldn't see or access it from Libranet.  So I did a second
> > > > Libranet install, formatting, partitioning, and using hdb1.  The
> > > > installation went well,it seemed.  But now when I start up it appears to
> > > > boot only from hdb1, and I cannot see, or mount hda1.  Nor can I access
> > > > the user profiles or files.
> > > >
> > > > I had hoped that by doing a second installation of Libranet on hdb I'd
> > > > be able to boot from either hard drive.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions as to how I can access hda or at least recover the
> > > > files?  I did not change partitions or reformat hda (to the best of my
> > > > knowledge, and if I had of I would think that it would show up as free
> > > > space).
> > > >
> > > > 	Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > 		Ron T.
> > > 
> > > 
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Ron G. Thompson, |^|
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