Hi. I was sitting here today trying to build a small cluster out of old 300-400 Mhz comps when I noticed I couldn't install linux on one because both the cd and floppy drives were broken. So I went out and bought a new cd drive. Well I was messing around with the cables , both the IDE and power supply cables, and now it cannot detect my hard drive. I re arranged the cables and actually got it to recognize my hard drive but now linux will not start correctly. Says something like "kernel panic killed init". Anyway I know this is a hard question to help me with so I was hoping for any advice, cable diagrams, or links you might have. -Thanks in advance
Changing the drive buss that Linux boots to will cause a kernel panic. You must reproduce the position of the HDD on the IDE chain when you installed Linux. That, or simply place the HDD on the primary/master position, then reinstall it.
