Re: Old hd, new machine

[Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jussi Hirvi wrote:
>> Jussi Hirvi wrote:
>>> On both my "old" (booting ok) and "new" (not booting) disc the 
>>> modprobe.conf contained
>>>> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
>>> So it seems to me modprobe.conf was up-to-date.
> On 17.12.2009 15:22, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> If the disks take the same driver it should boot or at least get to a point 
>> where you get an error message with the reason.  Are you sure it isn't a cable 
>> or drive select problem?
> 
> I don't think there can be a cable select problem with SATA drives. :-)
> 
> Anyway, another drive booted ok when attached to the same SATA cable.
> 
> I did not get an error message, in fact the bootup hang on a blank 
> screen (I have not seen that before) some time before the CentOS splash 
> screen (I don't remember more exactly anymore, and cannot check).

The first boot stages should happen with the the machine bios loading 
grub, then the kernel and initrd. It sounds like you aren't even getting 
that far.  The usual driver/controller mismatch results in the kernel 
still being loaded by bios, doing it's device detection, then failing 
because it can't mount the root partition. Is the disk you are trying to 
boot part of a raid? And maybe the wrong half?

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx

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