[NTLUG:Discuss] Hardware / kernel question

[Tom Adelstein]

On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 12:24, Douglas King wrote:
> 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....
> 
 You can buy an ide or eide PCI card. You'll find them fairly inexpensive and it will tell you if the ide controller is bad.