[ale] install on a maxtor ata/100/20 gig disk

[Marc]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> Complile and when you boot of the custom kernel the name the disk
> on the add-in card will be /dev/hda[1234]
> 
> 2.  If I can "see" the disk, then copy a bootable image to that disk.
> 
> 3.  Go to Boot Magic, and add it as a menu option.
> 
> 4.  Crank up the other disk from a boot up,..... If linux works, I can
> then do what I want.  I plan to install taper, and restore my linux
> from disk 1 to my now bootable disk2.

	Actually under this senario I'd do this assuming you have
	a little experience fooling with linux.  The basic idea:
	1) Install the add-in card and drive 
	2) Make the kernel with a "make bzdisk" on the existing setup
	   This will make you a boot floppy with the new kernel
	3) Check with "/sbin/rdev /dev/fd0" that root=/dev/hdaX
	4) boot "rescue" from a install cd of you distro
	5) fdisk /dev/hde (the new drive) to your desired partitions
	6) mkext2fs /dev/hde[1234] to make filesystems on the new disk
	7) Then mount each filesystem and copy it to the new disk 
	   with "cp -a * /new"  This is a direct IDE->IDE copy and will
	   work very fast, and you don;t have to worry about the tape 
	   software install, etc. 
	8) "sync" and unmount the partitions, shutdown the machine
	9) Boot with the floppy, it should find the add-in card and
	   the new drive.
	10) Put the new kernel in lilo, or bootmagic etc and reboot
	    without the flopy.

	But thats me.  Do whatever your most comfertable with :-)

	--marct
	marct at mindspring.com

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