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#1 2009-07-02 11:45:28

idjut
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From: Oslo
Registered: 2006-05-15
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Run old installation from external usb drive

Hi, how can run an old installation from a external usb drive? My laptop died so I took out the hd and put it in a dedicated box, when its plugged in during boot it opens the old grub and I can start loading the old version. However it fails to find the dev/sda4 .. How should I write grub to fix this? I tried some options but failed. Any pointers?

Thanks


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#2 2009-07-02 12:47:47

00l0
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Registered: 2009-01-19
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Re: Run old installation from external usb drive

I am not an expert but would suggest a couple of things:
1. Reinstall grub http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reinstalling_GRUB

2. Edit menu.lst under /boot/grub directory and use uuid's instead of /dev/sdX, also check the root disk is correct i.e.:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/f07bdd67-6aa5-4e63-9c08-14606acdfff2 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

gl!

Last edited by 00l0 (2009-07-02 12:48:03)

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#3 2009-07-06 22:56:19

idjut
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From: Oslo
Registered: 2006-05-15
Posts: 177

Re: Run old installation from external usb drive

Thanks. I will try that. Does anyone have any experience with this?


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