| James Barrett on 13 Feb 2008 16:13:55 -0800 |
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 05:53:31PM -0500, TuskenTower wrote: > In the past, I have always added HDs to my Linux machines and that was > pretty simple. This time, I want to remove the HD that hosts my root > filesystem. snip... > Is there a better way to do this? And can I > do this without having to drop into single user mode to turn off > everything else (I can dream)? Is there a reason why you can not do this under knoppix? > I do realize that I'm going to mess up my fstab. Is there anything > else that might complain about what I am doing? Your bootloader won't complain. It wont be doing much of anything from a drive that is not connected... Restructuring /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst (or the equivalent) is reccomended. I would suggest you at least look through it. I absolutely recommend that you do this with knoppix. -- James Barrett Attachment:
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