[SOLVED] Remove hard drive

I set up Arch Linux with a hard drive /dev/sdc connected to the computer. I now want to remove this hard drive completely. However on boot (using Syslinux with no chain for this hard drive) the system stops at the start job for that device.
If I plug the hard drive back in (connect sata cable) all works well again.
Where do I remove the device so that the boot process does not expect it to be connected.
Thanks
Last edited by peterpeter (2013-08-25 12:46:58)

Hi Jrussell,
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NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 99.1G 0 part
└─sda2 8:2 0 12.7G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 37.3G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 37.3G 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 55.9G 0 disk
├─sdc1 8:33 0 18.7G 0 part
├─sdc2 8:34 0 1K 0 part
└─sdc5 8:37 0 37.3G 0 part
sdd 8:48 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─sdd1 8:49 0 417G 0 part /mnt/Windata
└─sdd2 8:50 0 48.8G 0 part /home
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
sdc is the drive I don't want
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sda2
UUID=6cc28dce-2d88-40da-b307-5573a0103aad / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# /dev/sdd2
UUID=e6c8090f-e7fe-43b9-aa7b-6fcc39764242 /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
10.1.1.3:/homes/peter /mnt/backup nfs rw,user,hard,intr 0 0
# Windata
/dev/sdd1 /mnt/Windata ntfs-3g defaults,rw 0 0
and syslinux
# Config file for Syslinux -
# /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
# Comboot modules:
# * menu.c32 - provides a text menu
# * vesamenu.c32 - provides a graphical menu
# * chain.c32 - chainload MBRs, partition boot sectors, Windows bootloaders
# * hdt.c32 - hardware detection tool
# * reboot.c32 - reboots the system
# * poweroff.com - shutdown the system
# To Use: Copy the respective files from /usr/lib/syslinux to /boot/syslinux.
# If /usr and /boot are on the same file system, symlink the files instead
# of copying them.
# If you do not use a menu, a 'boot:' prompt will be shown and the system
# will boot automatically after 5 seconds.
# Please review the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux
# The wiki provides further configuration examples
DEFAULT arch
PROMPT 0 # Set to 1 if you always want to display the boot: prompt
TIMEOUT 50
# You can create syslinux keymaps with the keytab-lilo tool
#KBDMAP de.ktl
# Menu Configuration
# Either menu.c32 or vesamenu32.c32 must be copied to /boot/syslinux
UI menu.c32
#UI vesamenu.c32
# Refer to http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu
MENU TITLE Arch Linux
#MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std
# boot sections follow
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Arch Linux
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda2 rw
INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img
LABEL archfallback
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda2 rw
INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img
LABEL windows
MENU LABEL Windows
COM32 chain.c32
APPEND hd0 1
LABEL hdt
MENU LABEL HDT (Hardware Detection Tool)
COM32 hdt.c32
LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Reboot
COM32 reboot.c32
LABEL off
MENU LABEL Power Off
COMBOOT poweroff.com

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