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man mount should give you enough information, or is this<br />
a trick question?<br />

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man mount should give you enough information, or is this
a trick question?


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add the line hdxx=cylinders,heads,secto<wbr />rs<br />
where these parameters correspond to the<br />
disk linux should see<br />
cylinders reported by bios at boot (enter bios config and look)<br />
heads reported at boot<br />
sectors reported at boot<br />
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add to the boot line for either lodlin or lilo as appropriate.<br />
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This will tell the kernel the correct disk configuration<br />
and allow mke2fs to operate properly.<br />
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webmaster@bizsystems.com<br />

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add the line hdxx=cylinders,heads,sectors
where these parameters correspond to the
disk linux should see
cylinders reported by bios at boot (enter bios config and look)
heads reported at boot
sectors reported at boot

add to the boot line for either lodlin or lilo as appropriate.

This will tell the kernel the correct disk configuration
and allow mke2fs to operate properly.

webmaster@bizsystems.com


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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; How do I add a Linux HardDrive to a system that is already establsihed with linux. The purpose is to transfer data out so I can safely re-install linux on the corrupt system.
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         How do I add a Linux HardDrive to a system that is already establsihed with linux. The purpose is to transfer data out so I can safely re-install linux on the corrupt system.

Adding a existing linux hdd to a system

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.