From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nsfone.fone.net ([206.168.68.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I1Yyw-0006bp-00 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:34:42 -0400 Received: from mail2.fone.net (mail2.fone.net [206.168.68.165]) by nsfone.fone.net (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l5M2XgRn004279 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:33:42 -0600 (MDT) Received: from GRANDMA (ip-206-123-194-16.static.fasttrackcomm.net [206.123.194.16]) by mail2.fone.net (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id l5M2YD8e023563 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:34:14 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <002101c7b475$d5457220$6401a8c0@GRANDMA> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <002401c7b45b$3069eb60$6401a8c0@GRANDMA><1182468805.17350.31.camel@ubuntu1> <002701c7b47b$96feb340$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Subject: Re: help with hd problem. Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:34:12 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000751-2, 06/21/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.21.192233 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:34:42 -0000 You can also edit by hitting e, at grub prompt, and then editing grub. But, It's already root hd(0, 0) Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] msn: compgeek13@gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 vertigo head coder web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:15 PM Subject: Re: help with hd problem. > Cody Hurst wrote: > you cannot mix hd installs with other machines because when you install > linux, it is compiled and molded to that particular system and no other > systems I have the same issue when I do it. Do a clean install on the > machine you want to run it on. > > Say what? This is not true, I have done it dozens of times. I have in > fact set up machines as build machines for others. The only thing that > is "molded" is the kernel. As said in recent thread, what you need is > a generic kernel, not pentium or amd specific. To be more clear, in > the kernel config, you want 386 processor: > > Subarchitecture Type > PC-compatible (CONFIG_X86_PC) > > Processor family > 386 (CONFIG_M386) > > A 386 kernel will boot on anything. You also want generic chipset > stuff, not anything specific to the original hardware. The easiest way > to achieve this is to get one of the already made generic kernels, > the ones that boot when you run an install. On slackware that is > called bare.i, it will boot on anything! Equivalents are available on > other distros. And repeating what I said before: if a kernel will > not boot on any system, boot with floppy or cd, load the kernel > from that media but use the root= parameter to boot into the > root on the hard drive. This has never failed for me unless the > drive is toast. You need to catch the boot: prompt and do > something like > > boot: bare.i root=/dev/hda1 noinitrd ro > > where bare.i is the name of your generic kernel. You should > be able to find a generic kernel for debian. Once you have > booted from the CD or floppy, with the root= to your hard > drive, you have a running system, build a kernel on the target > and then update bootloader. It is definitely possible to move > drives from one machine to another. > > -- Doug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup