Topic: Clone drive backup LIL- error

[Derek]

i have done a clone of my installation a the exact same hard disk type and size. one set as primary master the other as primary slave. I used Acronis to perform the clone and it worked great. However, when i try to boot from the cloned drive it boots to LIL-. I have read a few forums and got some replies about using a linux boot disk and loging in as root and running /sbin/lilo to fix the boot info.
Well how to i get a boot disk to do this? I have made a boot disk post fresh install of SME and all it does is want to boot the hard drive, and when it does that it cant do the MBR on ext3. I need to know what i am missing. This cant be that hard but i am not a linux guru so any help on making it easy for me to get my cloned drives to work would be appreciated.

thanks

Derek

[Rogue]

Have you tried following the instructions from Ray Mitchell:
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/rmitchell/smeserver/howto/Cloning%20drive%20with%20Ghost%20lilo.conf%20fix%20HOWTO%20for%20sme%20server.htm

[Derek]

yes, that is what i was talking about. Where do i get this boot disk that will allow me to log in as root and fix the lilo?

[Reinhold]

Derek,

The boot disk is the one you (should have ) made when you installed SME .

Now I'd recommend to go for a MONDO autobooting CD backup if you system is still running...
MUCH BETTER for bare metal reinstals in terms of simple & works & free ... (take the donation part seriously)

Read all about it here:
http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/Mondo%20Restore%20and%20SME

...and do not forget to test the naming issue with several linuxes installed on the same hd ...

Regards
Reinhold

[Derek]

I did make a boot disk on a install, thats what i am asking
how do i get to login as root using that boot floppy?
I am able to get the lil- problem fixed if i reinstall the SME and it writes the mbr and fixes the boot problem
but it would be great if i could understand how to use the floppy and run  the /sbin/lilo.
I could try Mondo but acronis is pretty easy for the most part. I just must be missing something on how to get the boot disk to work the way i need it to.

thanks

[monkey]

Grab yourself a rescue disk, like tom's boot root disk and mount the harddrive onto it and then chroot in so you can run lilo


mkdir /mnt/sme
mount /dev/hda /mnt/sme
chroot /mnt/sme
lilo
exit
exit

Something like that anyways.