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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:34:16 +0000 Neil Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 02:06 +0000, Simon Robert wrote: > > After checking the harddrive is OK, by pluging it in to No. 2 I > > have purchased a "barebones" PC form Novatech. Basicaly this is the > > works with no harddrive or DVD burner. > > > > I'm pretty sure I've plugged it in OK. The DVD drive works and when > > I boot it I get the boot screen for PClinuxOS. It's after that it > > all goes pear shaped. > > Umm, is this a harddrive pre-configured on a different machine and now > inserted into a machine with a different motherboard etc? > > Various configuration settings are hardware-specific not in terms of > architecture but in terms of the actual chipsets used on the board. > Packages installed and configured for one motherboard are unlikely to > work with a completely different board. > > Reinstall. Would it not be possible to boot from a 'rescue medium', chroot/pivotroot to the 'old' system and reconfigure? Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html