9. Prepare LILO to boot the new disk

We're assuming that LILO is installed on the hard disk's Master Boot Record (MBR); this seems to be the most common configuration. You want to install LILO on what's presently the second hard disk but will become the first hard disk.

Edit the file /new-disk/etc/lilo.conf as follows:

disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80 # Tell LILO to treat the second # disk as if it were the first # disk (BIOS ID 0x80). boot=/dev/hdb # Install LILO on second hard # disk. map=/new-disk/boot/map # Location of "map file". install=/new-disk/boot/boot.b # File to copy to hard disk's # boot sector. prompt # Have LILO show "LILO boot:" # prompt. timeout=50 # Boot default system after 5 # seconds. (Value is in tenths of # seconds.) image=/new-disk/boot/vmlinuz # Location of Linux kernel. The # actual name may include a version # number, for example # "vmlinuz-2.0.35". label=linux # Label for Linux system. root=/dev/hda1 # Location of root partition on # new hard disk. Modify this as # appropriate for your system. # Note that you must use the name # of the future location, once the # old disk has been removed. read-only # Mount partition read-only at # first, to run fsck.

If you're using a SCSI hard disk, you may have to add a line with initrd. See your existing file /etc/lilo.conf.

Install LILO on the new disk:

/sbin/lilo -C /new-disk/etc/lilo.conf

The -C option tells LILO what configuration file to use.