[Sussex] failing hard drive - how do I boot the replacement ?

[John Crowhurst]

On Thu, May 17, 2007 21:08, John D. wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Current hdd seems to be failing (loud squealing noise>GUI stops>root
> partition
> errors listed in console login).

Pull the old drive and boot from a live CD, run fdisk and make sure the
first partition is marked active.

Recreate grub using the live CD and it should install properly. You can
always insert the old drive later.

-- 
John Crowhurst
John's Computer Support