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 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: 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 at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
