Here's the deal.. we have a Dell 2560 server running RedHat 7.3
2-4-18-4SGI_XFS_1.1. Works great however we want to do something different.
We need the partitions on the system disk to be XFS so we can use xfsdump and
xfsrestore to continuely mirror the disk.
I've followed all the instructions re copying the ext3 disk to an xfs
partitioned drive and all looks ok.
How do I change GRUB to boot off the new drive after I change the BIOS? It
seems to work at the moment but just before its due to start RedHat proper it
goes looking for an ext3 filesystem to boot root off. Of course there isn't
one (they're all xfs).
I've noticed that changing the startup disk in BIOS changes the order that
GRUB sees the disks (the startup disk is always (hd0)) however once Linux is
underway it sees the drives in SCSI order.
Do I need a bootable CD with the right kernels on it? There is an RH7.2 disk
on the site but it doesn't support the fibre channel we are running.
Please note that I am using two seperate drives and changing the boot disk in
BIOS.
Any help would be apprecated..
Grant Fraser
The Omnilab group
Sydney Australia
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