Linux Migration to Promise RAID Card HOWTO
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# 3. Linux Configuration

## 3.1. What?

Instead of editing our current working system, we merely create an entry for our new system. So if something stuffs up, we just reboot and we're fine.

## 3.2. How?

Example `lilo.conf` file:

    boot=/dev/hda
    map=/boot/map
    install=/boot/boot.b
    prompt
    timeout=50
    message=/boot/message
    linear
    default=linux

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
            label=linux
            read-only
            root=/dev/hda5

Just copy, and edit the kernel part, as follows:

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
            label=LinuxFromRAID
            initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img
            read-only
            root=/dev/sda5

Note, how we setup the ramdisk, and we setup the root value. Don't set it as default yet. Now run lilo, in verbose mode.

    # lilo -v -v

If you don't see any errors, we're fine, so halt the system.

Put only ONE hard drive on the Card, the hard drive with the existing Linux system.

Boot up, and go into the card bios. Delete the array of the current set.

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