Tom Brown wrote: > >> It will work, but you have to build a new initrd file. Just (as root) >> do '/sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-(kernel version).img (kernel >> version)'. That is because the initrd holds the modules needed to >> start up, and is different for each system. >> - > thanks for the reply - i did what you suggested but the boot failed with > a kernel panic and this was on the console > > Creating root device > mkrootdev: label / not found > Mounting root filesystem > mount: error 2 mounting ext3 your intitial ramdisk doesn't contain the right driver for your ide controller. > any ideas?? > > thanks > -- ------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli (joelja@xxxxxxxxxxx) GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2