| James Barrett on 13 Feb 2008 16:21:14 -0800 |
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 07:14:08PM -0500, James Barrett wrote: > 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. > I failed to mention that you will need to re-install the bootloader on a disk (preferably the 160GB, there is really no advantage to booting from the mythtv disk). It is also typically a good idea to set the bootable flag on the /boot partition using fdisk or something similar. Do not forget about swap space... -- James Barrett Attachment:
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