[wellylug] New HDD on old motherboard

[David Zanetti]

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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, David Antliff wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, David Zanetti wrote:
> > If Linux is on another disk in the system...
>
> Linux, The Root Filesystem.

Kernel only, actually. The root filesystem can be on any disk the kernel
can find on boot automatically, ie before it fires up init. It's entirely
possible to put /boot on your small disk, and put / on the big unknown
disk.

> > ... but Linux should find it anyway.
>
> Linux, The Kernel.
>
> :)
>
> How does GRUB (I don't care about LILO) handle 'invisible' disks? Does it
> rely on BIOS detection or is it able to scan itself?

I wasn't suggesting booting the invisble disk from LILO/GRUB, rather
letting the kernel find the big disk during pre-init.

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