[Mageia-discuss] Boot loader advice please

[Anne Wilson]

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On 28/08/12 13:12, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 Aug 2012 07:01 my mailbox was graced by a message
> from Anne Wilson who wrote:
>>>> I'm currently installing M2 as a dual boot onto sdd.  When
>>>> all data is transferred to the new disk, sda, sdb and sdc
>>>> will be removed. I assume that writing the boot loader
>>>> (language fails me, at the moment) to sdd is fine?  I know
>>>> it's a very basic question - brain is only half-functioning
>>>> just now due to external pressures. (sda has the old entry.)
>>> Just wanting confirmation that the existence of the old grub
>>> won't cause any problems :-)
> 
>> Unfortunately, it does cause problems - of course sda is checked 
>> before sdd.  I assume that I will now need somehow get rid of the
>> grub on sda - what's the best way to do that? Faint bells are
>> ringing - about re-ordering disks, but in these days of using
>> disk IDs I'm not sure whether the old ways are still valid, and I
>> really don't want to screw things up to the point where recovery 
>> is a very big job.  I'd appreciate thoughts from a mind that is
>> calmer and clearer than mine :-)
> 
> Can you change the boot order in BIOS ?
> 
That sounded a good idea.  It's so long since I did things like this
that I had forgotten it altogether.  However....

> I have installed M1 on an EeePC, with MSW on the bult-in HD and M1
> on a SD; just reassigned the HD order and the boot order, and all
> is well, boots from the SD and offers me the choices.
> 
> The only complication is when I change SD to install and try out
> another OS, I then have to remember to reset the HD and boot order
> in the BIOS or it directly boots Windows from the HD ;-3(.
> 
Mageia appeared to be starting up, but when it came to logging in, it
couldn't find the home directories (separate partition).  I'm not in a
frantic hurry - I have more RAM on order, to arrive tomorrow, so I've
plenty of time to decide what to do next, but I think disconnecting
the old drives and using a dock to copy anything I need is probably
the quickest and safest way to go about things.

Anne
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