Error: Migrating RHEL 4 From IDE to SATA
 

hi,
I am trying to migrate existing linux rhel4 server from a desktop pc with an ide Hdd and single processor to a dell power server with sata hot plugable Hdd and smp processors!

I copied all the partitions and even installed grub on the new sata Hdd...
while booting i am getting the following error message:

>Mounting root filesystem
>Mount: error 6 mounting ext3
>Mount: error 2 mounting none
>Switching to new root
>switchroot: mount failed: 22
>umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
>Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I am using RHEL 4.0 update 4

please give ur valuable suggestions....

with regards,
satya

With the hardware being that different I probably would have done a clean base install of RHEL on the new server, then copied the package list from the old server to the new one to duplicate the install..

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-...n-restore.html

Once the package set matched, copy over your data and configuration files..

That is how I would approach that issue..