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

[P. George]

grub seems to be the problem, so can i just reinstall grub from the 
install cd?

- philip

ps:  where is everyone?  this list is so quiet.




On Sep 19, 2004, at 9:26 PM, P. George wrote:

> 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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