Re: Brain transplant for Debian testing box.
A rescue disk will gain access to the HD from what ever you have in the box.
There is a quasi-Debian rescue disk at:
http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/
At 09:15 AM 10/10/2005 -0700, Scott Denlinger wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm running Debian testing, and my processor recently died. I used this as an
>opportunity to upgrade my processor and system board, and now I need to
figure
>out how to use my old hard drives, which contain a perfectly functional
Debian
>testing system, with my new board and processor. Basically, my question is
>whether I can use my current partititions and data, and just compile a new
>kernel to match my new system's hardware configuration. The system board,
>processor, and several peripherals no longer match exactly, so I definitely
>need a new kernel.
>
>I thought I might be able to boot into something like Knoppix, let Knoppix
tell
>me what *it's* using for modules, then use that info. to compile my new
kernel,
>but I'm not sure how I can do that from Knoppix, and I've not come across
>anything on the web which describes how this would work. Can I recompile a
>kernel just by mounting the root and boot partitions Knoppix recognizes and
>then compile a new kernel using Knoppix's sudo? Would anything I compile
in this
>scenario boot properly when I'm done and no longer want to boot Knoppix?
>
>Or, are there some basic parameters I can pass on the command line as my OLD
>kernel (custom 2.6.4) starts to boot (I use LILO) that would drop me into a
>basic single user shell from which I could recompile? I would have to pass in
>enough info. to get it to deal with my new Pentium 4 processor--the old
one was
>a K7 Athlon.
>
>The worst-case scenario is that I could just wipe out my current disk
>configuration and reinstall completely, since I've got my critical data
backed
>up, but I'm intrigued by the challenge of getting a new kernel to work
with the
>setup I have.
>
>Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
>Scott Denlinger
>
>
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