Re: Will kernels work on the "wrong" hardware?
- From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:48:44 -0700
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:41:37AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
Chances are you'll be fine either way - isn't k7 a subset of 686? I
would certainly thnk an amd64 motherboard should work fine using a k7
kernel.
I think that's likely not to work. probably spit out a kernel panic
and fail to boot. I've had it definitely fail using the same proc on a
different mobo, so changing architectures is less likely to work. But
the below is the way to go.
The other option, though, is to boot to a rescue CD and install a new
kernel using the rescue system.
chroot into the system to do the install.
A
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Ross Boylan wrote:
I have a system that died and I'm hoping to salvage it by either
replacing the motherboard or moving the disks to a new machine. It
was running the testing 2.6.18-k7 kernel. Will that work if I put it
in a machine that is not a k7? Specifically, the likely alternatives
would be ones with proper versions of 686 or amd64.
I did some searching and reviewed the kernel FAQ, Debian installation
and release notes, and /usr/share/doc/linux-image-2.6-686 (which had
almost nothing), but couldn't find an answer.
Thanks.
Ross Boylan
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