[NTLUG:Discuss] Hardware / kernel question

[Douglas King]

I have a mail server that is "biting the dust".  It APPEARS that the ide1 
controller may be what is failing.  After changing the ribbon over to the 
ide2 connector...I try to boot the OS and get a kernel panic.  Says 
something about the init missing...or something.  Can I change something 
while booted to fix this before changing it over?  The server is 
dying...won't last much longer as is....