Mikhail Kuzminsky wrote:

> I cloned my SuSE-9.3 HDD w/LILO 22.7 installed in MBR. (i.e. I have
> both HDDs installed in one server).
>
> For the case of exactly the same ROOT partitions contained /boot
> directory:
> simple DD from sda2 to sdb2 (plus DD of MBR sector) looks OK.
>
> But if I use dump/restore procedure for clone of the ROOT partition
> filesystem (ext3) and then issue (from rescue mode, for example)
> something like
>
> chroot /mnt /sbin/lilo -t
>
> then I see the error message
>
> raid_setup: stat ("/dev/sda")
> (the same message appears at /mnt/sbin/lilo -t -r /mnt)
>
> I don't have any raid - in particular, in /etc/lilo.conf :-)
> It looks for me that /boot/map file copied via dump/restore from the
> "source" HDD is inappropriate for using for lilo execution :-(
>
> This situation (w/message about raid) remains if I remove "source" HDD
> and use only installation CD booting w/1 target HDD.
>
> How is possible to solve this problem ?
>
> Mikhail Kuzminsky
> Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
> Moscow

Have a look at :http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/prepare.html
If you've done your lilo configuration right... it'll work.



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