On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:47:24 -0400, Gwen Morse wrote:

> When I boot into linux, I get a message that the Boot sector and its
> backup don't match. I suspect that this may be because I ghosted an old
> drive onto a new, larger drive and then had to toggle the new drive
> partition to be bootable.
>
> Is there any way to fix this? It signficantly slows down the time it
> takes me to boot into linux.
>
> Gwen

That depends on which boot loader you're using (lilo, grub?). I suspect
simply re-writing the boot sector would repair it.

--
The USA Patriot Act is the most unpatriotic act in American history.

"Gwen Morse" wrote in message
news:8bga425koqna9nq1sm56ht1ml9cjglb4qc@4ax.com...
> When I boot into linux, I get a message that the Boot sector and its
> backup don't match. I suspect that this may be because I ghosted an
> old drive onto a new, larger drive and then had to toggle the new
> drive partition to be bootable.
>
> Is there any way to fix this? It signficantly slows down the time it
> takes me to boot into linux.
>

If you are running grub as the bootloader then you can re-check and also
re-install grub by using these commands
/sbin/grub-install -- recheck /dev/hd [ boot disk ]
/sbin/grub-install /dev/hd [boot disk ]


--
------------------------------------
True Multitasking is having three computers and a chair with wheels.


Sandgroper
------------------------------------
Remove KNICKERS to Email
steveray@KNICKERSiinet.net.au

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:36:15 +0800, "Sandgroper"
wrote:

>
>"Gwen Morse" wrote in message
>news:8bga425koqna9nq1sm56ht1ml9cjglb4qc@4ax.com...
>> When I boot into linux, I get a message that the Boot sector and its
>> backup don't match. I suspect that this may be because I ghosted an
>> old drive onto a new, larger drive and then had to toggle the new
>> drive partition to be bootable.
>>
>> Is there any way to fix this? It signficantly slows down the time it
>> takes me to boot into linux.
>>
>
>If you are running grub as the bootloader then you can re-check and also
>re-install grub by using these commands
>/sbin/grub-install -- recheck /dev/hd [ boot disk ]
>/sbin/grub-install /dev/hd [boot disk ]

I ran both these commands, but, I still get the same delay (and same
error message) each time I boot into linux. Was there something more I
needed to do to get the recheck/reinstall to actually stick?

I'm running grub as my boot loader. I just upgraded to FC5 about 2
days ago.

Gwen

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:03:04 -0400, Gwen Morse
wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:36:15 +0800, "Sandgroper"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gwen Morse" wrote in message
>>news:8bga425koqna9nq1sm56ht1ml9cjglb4qc@4ax.com...
>>> When I boot into linux, I get a message that the Boot sector and its
>>> backup don't match. I suspect that this may be because I ghosted an
>>> old drive onto a new, larger drive and then had to toggle the new
>>> drive partition to be bootable.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to fix this? It signficantly slows down the time it
>>> takes me to boot into linux.
>>>
>>
>>If you are running grub as the bootloader then you can re-check and also
>>re-install grub by using these commands
>>/sbin/grub-install -- recheck /dev/hd [ boot disk ]
>>/sbin/grub-install /dev/hd [boot disk ]
>
>I ran both these commands, but, I still get the same delay (and same
>error message) each time I boot into linux. Was there something more I
>needed to do to get the recheck/reinstall to actually stick?
>
>I'm running grub as my boot loader. I just upgraded to FC5 about 2
>days ago.
>
>Gwen

The only times I have seen that boot-sector-versus-backup message it
has been in association with fsck.vfat. In any case, vfat or not, it
sounds like something fsck-related rather than grub-related. Has fsck
been run with repairs as applicable against all filesystems? And/or,
does the associated partition table look right in fdisk?