Replacing old hard disk with a new one

[jdow]

From: "Paul Smith" <phhs80 at gmail.com>

> On 10/26/05, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Could you please tell me how to install grub to MBR?
>> >
>> > reboot to the CD1
>> > hit F5
>> >
>> > on the command line type   linux rescue
>> >
>> > it should find your Fedora installed system and enter
>> >
>> > chroot /mnt/sysimage
>> >
>> > /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda
>> >
>> > that should put Grub back to MBR.
>>
>> Thanks, Yonas, but no success:
>>
>> # /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda
>> Not found or not a block device.
>>
>> If I replace hda with hdb or hdc, grub-install gives the same result.
>>
>> Any further ideas?
> 
> Now, I am using a Knoppix liveCD, and having some progress:
> 
> $ grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hdc1/boot/ /dev/hda
> /dev/hda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
> $
> 
> Can we go further?

Have you partitioned the drive yet, Paul?

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