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I copied all the files from a IDE hard disk to my SATA hard disk partition
using the cp -avx command, when I try to bootup from SATA hard disk it shows "Verifying DMI pool data" and gets hangup. what I need to do to get boot from SATA hard disk. when I look at the /boot file I found that it was grub.
I copied all the files from a IDE hard disk to my SATA hard disk partition
using the cp -avx command, when I try to bootup from SATA hard disk it shows "Verifying DMI pool data" and gets hangup. what I need to do to get boot from SATA hard disk. when I look at the /boot file I found that it was grub.
I can not give you the technical reason but I believe you need to use a clone program or the dd command to accomplish what you are trying to do. The copy command will not work.
I installed GRUB boot loader into the /dev/sda1 partition.
would need a bootloader in mbr to chainload to it.
as mentioned put grub in mbr is the safest.
if you are not using ext4 the /boot partition or /boot sub-folder to / can run on grub2.
2) dd command would have been better as it can copy over mbr but why would you want to?
It would be safer to do a new partition table and a clean install.
This assumes you have backups.
but your kernel on ide may not have the modules for your sata....introducing a new error.
so IMHO it is better to do a clean install just to make sure new preferred distro detects and configs all your hardware.
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