Copying Debian Installation - Kernel won't boot

From: Jacob S. (stormspotter_at_6texans.net)
Date: 11/30/03

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    Ok, I've read the manuals I can find and tried a bunch of different
    options, but I still seem to be failing. I have a successful Knoppix
    install on a hard drive which I then apt-get upgraded to the latest
    Testing / Unstable packages using apt-pinning (as of about 2 weeks ago).
    So, it's time to do a Linux installation on another computer on the
    network, so I thought it'd be nice to skip the update process after
    installing Knoppix and just copy the installation from the other
    computer.

    So, I tar'ed the files off the Knoppix computer, onto the "file server"
    on the network. Then I wiped out the hard drive on the computer waiting
    for a Linux installation, partitioned it, ran mke2fs, tune2fs -j, etc.
    Booting off a Knoppix cd, I copied everything onto the new computer,
    edited /etc/fstab and /etc/modules to reflect the different hardware and
    then ran "lilo -C <new_root>/etc/lilo.conf -r path/to/new_root". So far
    everything seemed to be going smoothly.

    However, after rebooting to try the new installation, I get the lilo
    prompt where I can successfully choose from four kernels - 3 are ones I
    compiled on the machine installed from Knoppix cd, 1 is the kernel that
    came on the Knoppix cd during installation. Whenever I try one of the 3
    custom compiled kernels, it makes it to the line "Uncompressing Linux...
    Ok, booting the kernel" and then freezes. If I try the kernel from the
    Knoppix installation, I can see it detect the hard drives and USB ports,
    but then it hangs with a kernel panic, saying "no init found."

    Does anyone see what I'm missing or have any suggestions for a way to
    get this machine running?

    TIA,
    Jacob

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