moving hard drive to new machine : can't get past grub

[P. George]

tried it.  no change.

the video card is the same actually.  in fact, the motherboard/cpu is 
the only thing different from the old setup.  same 
ram/video/monitor/psupply.

sorry, that's inportant info.  i should have been more clear before.

- philip




On Sep 19, 2004, at 8:41 PM, Bob McClure Jr wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 07:43:45PM -0500, P. George wrote:
>> i have a redhat install from another computer that i'm trying to get 
>> to
>> boot on different hardware.  i don't want to have to set everything up
>> again from scratch.  a LOT of tediosity went into getting it "just
>> right."  i'm sure you can relate/empathize.  ;)
>>
>> so, here's what happens:  i boot and get to the grub gui.  i can see 
>> my
>> install in the list.  i double-click it.  the screen goes black and 
>> the
>> machine reboots.
>>
>> how can i remedy this situation?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> - philip
>
> My guess is that it doesn't grok the new video stuff, so you should
> boot to text mode (runlevel 3) where you can re-run
> redhat-config-xfree86.  To do that, use your up or down arrow keys so
> that the desired boot line is highlighted, then hit "a" to append to
> the boot line.  Then hit a space and then "3", and hit return.
>
> See also
>
> http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#x_fails
>
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
> Grace happens.
>
>
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