kernel panic

[Karl Larsen]

Jacques B. wrote:
>>     We are all in the dark Jacques. I have no way of telling what the
>> new computer has in the way of ram (I have 2 gb of 400 MHz Buffalo
>> Select stuff but there is no information on what the computer calls it.
>> And I don't know what kind of Internet cards are in the mother board.
>>
>>     I don't know what goes in the /etc/modprobe.conf file. It is all one
>> great mystery.
>>
>>
>>         Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>>     
>
> I wasn't necessarily looking for detailed specs.  First was my
> assumption correct in what you did (which I am under the impression at
> least part of my assumption was correct), that you cloned a drive in
> your old computer to put in a new computer?
>
> As for specs on the old and the new PC (again I'm pretty certain my
> assumption is correct here), I was just wondering how much RAM, the
> size and type of hard drive (i.e. IDE or SATA), and the CPU.
>
> I don't want to bury the above in too much text because it will get
> missed if I do and therefore not answered.  So I will keep this brief.
>  Cloning an install will work great if you are putting the new drive
> in the same box (or identically equipped boxes).  If you are going to
> a new box then it could cause you some headaches (I know, you already
> learned it the hard way).  Having said that I would have thought that
> providing that the new drive was at the same location (same IDE same
> SATA bus) and partitioned the same as the old drive (so that Grub
> would look at the right place for the Stage 2 boot loader) that it
> would have started the boot process and that kudzu would detect
> hardware changes.  Anyone more knowledgeable on kudzu able to fill in
> the blanks on that one?
>
> Finally although admirable that you want to further your knowledge of
> Linux and F7 by taking the path less travelled (clone and trouble
> shoot vs new install and copy over /home), doing so without an
> adequate foundation of knowledge and experience is not wise.  It is a
> recipe for problems.  Some of your replies on the threads of the past
> week or so on your experiences in attempting this feat certainly
> supports that you probably do not have the necessary foundation and/or
> experience.  In absence of that, those with that knowledge on the list
> can try and help you providing you possess other Linux
> skills/knowledge which will allow you to apply the advice given to
> you. But your frustrations with your no so pleasant experience with
> migrating F7 to a new system appears to be contaminating your attitude
> towards those trying to help you (which will be fewer and fewer people
> unless you change your ways).  Therefore I suggest that you either
> take the advice to do a new install and copy over your data, or take
> the time to follow the advice given on how to trouble shoot your
> present attempts (and provide answers to questions posed by those
> trying to help you so that they can provide more insightful advice).
>
> Jacques B.
>
>   
What I did was update the copy from the F7DVD which gave me the original 
kernel that boots up. I have a lot of things to fix but the basic system 
is running. Yes the effort to try and fix initrd was a bag of worms you 
do not want to try. I got very upset because things were not as they 
said in the man pages.

Sorry I was so grumpy but it really looked bad. But now it works. I'm on 
the new computer with a head on my pointer and Thunderbird works.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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