[CentOS] centos 4 installed on P4 won't boot on P3

Thu Sep 29 10:27:44 UTC 2005

> Hi,
> 
> I installed centos 4 on a P4, configured it (and it booted 
> fine here) then sent it to the DC to be put in a P3 but it 
> won't boot, displays GRUB and halts.
> 
> The DC guys tried grub-install in rescue mode but still the same.
> 
> Any clues? Is there some difference between P3 and P4?

Happends when the MotherBoard chipset differs to much (usually ide
controllers)
We had similar problems with P4 with via & intel chipset.
You may nedd to do a new install on that p3.

Nassri 

> 
> thanks
> tom
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