Linux Boot up problem

[zantark7]

my goal is to have linux on a p100 @ 133,
I have a p266 and i can install the os on it fine but when i move the drive to the other machine it locks up on "LI" and thats it...
i have debian and suse and they both do the same thing the reason i haven't used the p133 to install linux is that i have a 52x CDrom and it will not see it in the bios... :(

i hope this is enough info maybe someone has an idea for me to try....thanks for your time...ST

[-=The Jester=-]

If I read you post right, you're saying you install linux on one machine, then take the hard drive out and swap it into the p100 ???

If that's the way you're doing things then I'd say that's the problem.

I know with Windows if you try that you get errors because both machines will not have the same hardware.

I assume that Linux has installed properly and set everything up for the P266, but when you bung the HD into the P100, Linux goes.....WWHOA there's a truckload of new hardware here (eg the P100's motherboard and chipset)

I hope I've made some sence there.

My suggestion would be to find/borrow/obtain another CD-ROM which will work in the P100 and install from that.

Hope that helps in any way

[PengyDaPenguin]

If it's locking up on "LI", then I would suggest attempting to boot from a boot disk. With luck it will load the Kernel properly and then you just login as superuser, go to /etc/ and type "lilo". This will reinstall LILO on your MBR. I used to have the same situation where LiLo would only come half-way up and just hang. Reinstalling LiLo as stated above is what fixed me up and hopefully it will do the same for you. :)

[mcooper]

You'll have to keep it in your p266 long enough to compile a kernel for your p133. Read the kernel-howto. Otherwise my only _guess_ would be to get a cdrom that'll work in the p133 and reinstall _or_ copy all the kernel rpms from the cd to the harddrive while it is in the p266 and "rpm -Uvh kernel* --replacepkgs" from a rescue floppy in the p133.