Re: [SLE] Can't install to partition number 16 or above (no /dev/hde16 or greater)

Lenz, One final question...I hope I can return the favor in some way for all your help. My /boot partition resides above cylinder 1024. I want change my /boot partition from /dev/hde20 to /dev/hde8. I copied the contents of /dev/hde20 to /dev/hde8 (after mounting /dev/hde8 as /mnt/temp). I then setup my boot manager to boot from partition /dev/hde8. I then rebooted the PC and chose to boot from this new entry in my boot manager, but the computer did nothing. I am trying to eliminate the need for a SuSE disk to boot SuSE Linux. I think I need to somehow install LILO to the first sector of partition /dev/hde8 after copying the files from hde20 to hde8. Is this correct? How do I do this? BTW - That solution, that you suggested in your last E-mail about using /mnt instead of /, worked wonderfully. I was able to install SuSE Linux 6.3 successfully! If successful, we will prove that a person can use YAST2 and still install to non-adjacent partitions. I have high hopes! Thank you for all your help, Matt

From: Lenz Grimmer To: SuSE Linux Mailing List Subject: Re: [SLE] Can't install to partition number 16 or above (no /dev/hde16 or greater) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:56:48 +0100 (MET)

Hi,

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, m thompso wrote:

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To mount the root filesystem and add the device files as you suggest, should I: 1) press "CTRL-ALT-F2" to switch to another console 1) type "mount -t ext2 /dev/hde22 /"

No, use another mount point like "/mnt" on the installation RAM disk. Mounting it on "/" is not advisable.

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2) use mknod to create the missing device files within the /dev directory 3) type "umount /"

Use the correct mount point here, e.g. "umount /mnt".

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4) press "CTRL-ALT-F7" to switch back to YAST2 and boot the new SuSE system

I'm checking because I want to do it correct the first time.

This should be the correct workaround. Good luck! Let me know, how it worked out.

Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany

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