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
