Yeah, you're probably on the right track. The Dell machine is a PIII 1Ghz and the AMD is a Pro 1400+. I'll see if I can copy the boot stuff over.
Thanks, James On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 15:04, Kenneth Goodwin wrote: > No detail, Sounds like cpu architectures getting in the way > to me. > I take it the AMD is a later processor rev than the Dell. > > Example - the DEll is a pentium One and the AMD is a > Pentium 3 class machine? > The AMD might be running a 586 based kernel while the Dell > might be running > a 386 kernel. The 386 will boot on a later modle processor > as it is upwardly compatible > but if the AMD disk has a more architecture targetted > kernel, it can crash trying > to execute P-3 only instructions ona a P1 base for example. > > Sounds like you need to stikc the drive back in the AMD and > stuff the boot directory from the > dell DISK ONTO THE amd DISK to have a compatible kernel > loaded. > If this is the issue, you will also run into the same issues > with any (X86) specific > libraries/executables on the AMD drive that are not > compatible with the CPU in the Dell. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James > Pifer > > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:24 PM > > To: RedHat List > > Subject: Swapped Hard Drives > > > > > > I have two development machines both running RH9. The > machines are > > completely different hardware. One is a Dell Optiplex and > > the other is a > > white box AMD. > > > > I needed to switch the hard drives to take advantage of > the white box > > AMD having double the RAM as the Dell. I took the Dell's > hard drive, > > stuck it in the white box, followed the prompts for > adding > > and removing > > hardware, and after setting up X, it's running like a > champ. > > > > Taking the white box AMD's hard drive and sticking it in > the Dell's > > machine has not gone as smoothly. It gets to the grub > menu, > > and then it > > reboots. The drives were the only and primary drives in > each system. > > > > I'd rather not reinstall this machine since I had a some > > stuff installed > > that would take a while to install again. Any suggestions > on > > how to get > > this one going again? > > > > Thanks, > > James > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
