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

[P. George]

oops.  forgot to spellcheck.  i promise i don't normally spell 
"important" with an 'n'.

;)

so, anything else i should try?

i still have the install cd's.  could i use them to do anything here?  
(besides blow away my entire original configuration)

- philip




On Sep 19, 2004, at 9:21 PM, P. George wrote:

> 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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