>>> It might be easier to swap the old sdb into the sda position so you'll >>> boot from it, but you should also be able to boot the install cd with >> >> If swapped and booted, and got a kernel panic error. > > What does it complain about? <snip> mounting root filesystem cfs: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev md2 mount: error 22 mounting ext mount: error 22 mounting none switching to new root switchroot: mount failed: 22 unmount /initrd/dev failed: 2 Kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init!