Hi,
I am trying to do a tar restore to a new ssd.
Message> No such drive UUID#----
and hd1 cannot get C/H/S

I did a full system back of the HD W/command>>
tar -cvpf /backups/backups.tar --directory=/ --exclude=proc --exclude=sys --exclude=dev/pts --exclude=backups

I changed the drive in bios from IDE to SSD and did a sussessful net install
of Debian7 from the same disc that I used on the HD.

I restored to / with the command>>
tar -xvpf /backups.tar

Upon reboot I got the above message.
After 3 minutes I got the screen to choose a normal boot or
a recovery boot. Both options brought me back to the messages and
finally the boot option screen.

I did not let the install do any upgrades.The kernal from install is
3.2.0-4-amd64 and had been upgraded to 3.3.60. Could that be a problem.
Maybe I should not have excluded sys.

Any help would be appreciated. I wanted to avoid all of the network, printer connections, LO 4.0 and nightly setups.

Thank You in advance,

Pumper

Likely you have overwritten your /boot directory, the UUID would be that of your old disk.
Try using a 'live' distro to check your installed system.

Thank You Fatmac,

What I need to know is how to use the tar. backup to restore this.
It seems that it did do what you said.
Pumper

You can't use the tar backup to fix the problem. Boot a live distro, determine the UUID of your SSD's partition, then modify /boot/grub/grub.cfg on your SSD to use the SSD's UUID.

Thanks RockDoctor,

Seems like I am getting some where now.
Not sure how to use the live distro though.
I have a dvd w/net install. Will that work.
How do I get to a terminal from that or what ever.

Thank You,
Pumper

A net-install 'live' disk should work, as it will likely have a basic set of programs.
Boot up with the 'live', then try mounting your internal drive.
(mount /dev/sda1 onto /mnt)
Then use the editor, nano or vi, to open /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg so that it points to your SSD.
(If you aren't sure, try /dev/sda1)
Save & exit, then reboot, hopefully, from your SSD.

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Thanks fatmac, that did it.

Just mine was /boot/grub/grub.cfg