rebuilding the MBR
Ryan Merrick
sandshrimp at attbi.com
Wed Apr 2 13:39:46 PST 2003
Bsd Neophyte wrote:
>i posted a message earlier, unfortunately, i received no responses. so i
>guess i'll ask a different question.
>
>i've moved my HD from one system to another.
>
>is it possible to rebuild the MBR? i'm booting from a promise controller.
> initially i was booting from the primary controller but now i'm booting
>from the second ide contoller now.
>
>i'm assuming there is a mismatch. i guess need to boot off of the generic
>kernel and reconfigure. i have a great deal of information on this drive,
>so i would really not like to do a reinstallation.
>
>
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Yes,
Take a look at the fdisk (8) man page.
A generic kernel will idenify the new system's different hardware.
-Ryan
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