Re: SATA PC Fails to Boot PATA Linux Drive

2008-05-21 Thread alupu
Update: I managed to SUCCESSFULLY boot up the IDE LFS Linux 2.6.25.4 drive on my new SATA machine. Many thanks to Phill Upson, cx8508 and Mr. Beekmans. Also thanks to the cast of thousands who rooted for me all along. There are of course a lot of things still left for me to work on (clean up,

Re: SATA PC Fails to Boot PATA Linux Drive

2008-05-21 Thread Thomas Trepl
Am Dienstag, 20. Mai 2008 21:41:25 schrieb Arthur: I wonder if it is safe to migrate a linux installation from a server to another by copying the partitions using some imaging software (clonezilla for example) then recompiling just the kernel for the new hardware ? Yes it is as long as the

Re: SATA PC Fails to Boot PATA Linux Drive

2008-05-21 Thread Arthur
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Thomas Trepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes it is as long as the hardware is of the same type. The issue here is about different hardware ... in fact its about the kernel being able to identify hardware load the necessary modules for it for each boot ... and

Re: SATA PC Fails to Boot PATA Linux Drive

2008-05-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Case closed. Glad to hear you got it resolved. Yes we're always interested in knowing what exactly did it if you are able to narrow it down some day. Take care, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: