Any Linux Fans Here?

[Varthall]

I had Debian in the past, after having switched to a bigger hard drive I still have to reinstall it. I used, and will use Linux for those application that don't exist/aren't free on Amiga, not to forget MacOnLinux, too. I only wish that a Sarge installer for AmigaOne will be made someday.

Varthall

[Varthall]

Piru wrote:
Why reinstall?

The previous hard disk have been fisically moved to my PC and I have put the new hard disk in my A1. I should have more correctly said "I'll have to install it from scratch" :lol:

EDIT: I see now what you meant. Isn't there in Linux any configuration file that contains absolute paths to the partition where the system is installed, like /dev/hdc1, which could create conflicts/problems if the partition position in the new drive is different?

Varthall

[Varthall]

Piru wrote:
@Varthall

Isn't there in Linux any configuration file that contains absolute paths to the partition where the system is installed, like /dev/hdc1, which could create conflicts/problems if the partition position in the new drive is different?

Only one: /etc/fstab
See step 8 in the HOWTO I linked.

Thanks for this very handy tip. I have a backup of my old Linux partition, I'll try to copy it over the new partition then, it will surely save me lots of time.

(The other potential place is the kernel root= option in the bootloader, but that isn't part of the linux installation strictly speaking)

Indeed, on A1 it's stored among the UBoot Linux boot parameters.

Varthall