[wellylug] A "simple" install

[Kingsley G. Morse Jr.]

On 07/06/09 10:41, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> Thanks.

You're welcome.

I'm glad to see one box is still running.

> [...]
> My previous install had
> 
> partition    total memory     used     mounted on
> 
> /dev/hda3    2.75Gb           59%      /
> /dev/hda1      295Mb          40%      /boot
> 
> My current install (with more memory to play with) has
> 
> /dev/hda1   10Gb                       /
> /dev/hda3    6Gb                       /boot

I find myself wondering if grub can't find a file
because the filesystems were moved to bigger
partitions.

If you haven't done so already, you might want to
try creating new file systems that fill your new,
bigger partitions, install onto them, and then
re-configure grub.

> Note also that hda1 and hda3 have different / and /boot 
> functions in the two installs. 
> 
> Would that be critical ?

Grub should be re-configured to boot off of the
new partition, /dev/hda3. I seem to recall that
grub uses an odd numbering scheme for devices.

Grub also has an interactive mode that might
reveal more diagnostic info.

Thanks,
Kingsley