It's in the right way, and it's master... Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] msn: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 vertigo head coder web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Sutherland" <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:03 PM Subject: Re: switching from amd to p3 > Tyler said: > The cables are ok. do I just move it around on the cable? > > The disk boot error is severe, and I would think that needs > to be solved even if you want to do a network boot. It is > hard to say without trying some things, but I would check > > Is the IDE cable inserted the right way up in the drive. > Some drives will only let you insert it one way, others > will let you do it upside down. > > Is the IDE cable inserted into the first IDE controller > port on motherboard. Best way to check is in BIOS, > you should see the drive as master. > > Is the power cable inserted in the drive. > > If more than one drive on same cable, one must be > set as master, one as slave, done by jumpers using > the label on drive as guide. As suggested before if > there already is another drive, try removing it and > boot with just the newly setup drive. > > If all the physical connections seem okay, the next > thing I would do is boot from a CD or floppy and > do what I said before, at the boot prompt enter > > kernel-name root=/dev/hda1 noinitrd ro > > where kernel-name is the name of kernel on the > removable media, and the kernel is a "bare" one, > not specific to hardware, ie its 386 and generic > controllers. On slackware its called bare.i but > there should be an equivalent on debian. And > make sure the root= points to the right drive > letter and number of the partition with the root > file system. > > You could also try loading a generic kernel on > the AMD, making sure it boots there, then > moving the kernel over. You'll have to check > the debian docs to find out which kernel to use. > I haven't use debian in a while. > > > How hard are these floppies to get for deb? > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current//images/floppy/ > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en > > -- Doug > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Thanks, > > ~~TheCreator~~ > > [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] > > msn: > > compgeek13 at gmail.com > > aim: st8amnd2005 > > skype: st8amnd127 > > vertigo head coder > > web: tysdomain.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug Sutherland" <doug at proficio.ca> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:03 PM > > Subject: Re: switching from amd to p3 > > > > > > > If you're getting disk boot failure then probably something > > > is not right with the physical connection, the IDE cable or > > > possibly the BIOS needs to be tweaked to recognize the > > > hard drive. If there is more than one drive in the system > > > make sure the one you are moving in is on the first IDE > > > port so it's drive A, also make sure there are no conflicts > > > if you have two drives in there ie make sure one is set as > > > master by jumper and the other is set as slave. > > > > > > I think you can get disk boot error even if there is no disk > > > at all, so start by checking the physical connections and > > > jumpering of drives. > > > > > > The other thing that sometimes happens when moving > > > drives around is that what was drive a becomes drive > > > c for example, in that case you will get a kernel panic > > > with message stating no root file system found. If this > > > happens, then the other procedure I mentioned will > > > work, booting from cdrom or floppy, loading the > > > kernel from removable storage with the boot param > > > root= pointing to the proper location of root file system > > > (follow that with noinitrd ro) and then once booted you > > > can rebuild the kernel and update the bootloader. > > > > > > What you are doing is definitely possible, I have done > > > it many times, building an entire system on on PC then > > > then moving the drive to a mobile system. > > > > > > -- Doug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
