Re: Motherboard Swap???

"David Parker" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.enigma
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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From: Trey Gruel <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 10:35:01 -0400 
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Motherboard Swap???

> while i haven't done this with any of my redhat setups (they're all 
> production servers), i did this with my suse box at home recently. 
> unlike windows, it's a sinch.  i was making the swap from a p3-500 to an 
> amd athlon xp 1800+ and i was even able to boot off the kernel i had 
> built for the p3 (forgot to change the default in lilo).  aside from 
> changing a few options in the kernel build, i didn't need to make any 
> real changes.  on the windows side, every time i've upgraded a cpu 
> (which has always meant upgrading the mobo as well), it's required 
> re-installing the os in order to get a semi-stable system.
> 

I actually made the exact same switch just the other day, moving from an old P3 500 to an Athlon XP 1800+.  Booted into Linux, kudzu reconfigured a few things, and I was all set to go.  I booted into Windows, and immediately needed two CD's and God-only-knows how many driver disks.  About 20 reboots later it's *almost* done complaining about the hardware changes.  Almost.  :)

    - Dave
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