Which version of kernel is the Debian running on? The most likely problem
is that the driver for the hardware (say sata  controller?) is not there.
Pull in a new kernel and try to compile with the old configuration and
boot. Then may be you can think of upgrading ;-)
On Oct 28, 2013 7:15 PM, "Shrinivasan T" <tshriniva...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a 4 years old server running Debian 4 and Zimbra email server
> version 4.
>
>
> It has 4GB RAM and now we need to upgrade 8GB RAM.
>
> Unfortunately, the DDR 2 RAM for the old server are not available in
> market.
>
>
> Old server details.
>
>
> Core2Duo Quadcore CPU
>
> Intel Motherboard
>
> DDR2 4 GB RAM
>
>
>
> Now we have a new server with following config.
>
>
> Core i3 CPU
>
> Asus P8H61- M LE Motherborad
>
> DDR3 8 GB RAM
>
> I removed the hard disk from old server and inserted into new server,
> hoping that it will work as normal.
>
> But, it seems that old debian 4 can not recognize the new hardware and dont
> have the modules.
>
> See the error message we get while booting.
>
>
> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/c-B8Jv3DfJWS6j-EexKxSIJG8RGg5-YvtRYupVay4rWD=w551-h543-no
>
> /dev/sda2 is the / partition.
>
>
> Is there any way to make this system up and running with new hardware?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
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