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Hard Disk Partitioning (view source)
Revision as of 17:30, 20 February 2013
, 17:30, 20 February 2013→HowTo: Write the GRUB boot sector
But with the best laid plans things don't always go according to plan, these are the processes required to do it manually.
But with the best laid plans things don't always go according to plan, these are the processes required to do it manually.
See also: [[Raid:Manual_Rebuild]]
See also: [[Raid:Manual Rebuild]]
=== Is the Disk Partitioned Correctly ? ===
=== Is the Disk Partitioned Correctly ? ===
{{note box|The new disk requires grub to ensure the boot sequence}}
{{note box|The new disk requires grub to ensure the boot sequence}}
{{Warning box|as the dd command is named "data destroyer" you need to be extremely prudent and sure of the name of source partition and/or destination. At first you should skip the dd command, Step 1 below, and attempt to install grub without it, see Step 2 below. If grub can be installed without using dd, then Step 1 can be discarded. }}
[root@ ~]# '''dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1'''
[root@ ~]# '''dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1'''