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NaveenJain
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:59 pm    Post subject: Cannot start after Hard Drive installation Reply with quote

HI:

I had a working Gentoo system with one HD

/dev/sda1 -> Boot
/dev/sda2 -> Linux Swap
/dev/sda3 -> root

I added three other drives, now upon df -h and fdisk -l I get that my original installation is

/dev/sdd1 -> Boot
/dev/sdd2 -> Linux Swap
/dev/sdd3 -> root

I removed Boot partitions on other HDs /dev/sda /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc

I changed the emnu.lst to poin to /dev/sdd3 for root.

When I boot I get to stage that swap is not recognized this is the message I get


INIT version 2.87 booting

Mounting Proc at /proc
Mounting Sys at /Sys
Mounting dev at /Dev
unable to find swap space signature
remounting root file system read-only (in resources)
checking root file system
Failed to open the device /dev/sda3: No such device or address

bash$:

How to I resolve this, is it looking for my original /dev/sda3 which is now /dev/sdd3 and where?

Thanks

NJ
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should probably update your boot loader (LILO or GRUB) to point to those other drives. You should be able to use the documentation for your boot loader to do that.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Update /etc/fstab too, while you are at it.
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