RE: [SLE] motherboard upgrade

From: Steve Kratz (steve_at_townnews.com)
Date: 07/31/04

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:07:49 -0500

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Jack Malone [mailto:jmalone@horizonind.com]
    > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 3:37 PM
    > To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
    > Subject: Re: [SLE] motherboard upgrade
    >
    >
    > At 03:02 PM 7/30/2004, Bruce Scharlau wrote:
    >
    > >Hi all,
    > >
    > >a simple question I think. I'm going to upgrade my old P2 233 Intel
    > >motherboard with a 'slightly' newer P3 733 motherboard. As I'm sticking
    > >with a Pentium processor, I think I don't need to do anything
    > like switch
    > >the kernel as it'll still be the same one. All that I will probably need
    > >to do is sort out any onboard stuff like graphics, sound, etc.
    > >
    > >Does this sound correct, or is there something that I've forgotten about?
    >
    > I have dropped a hard drive with older versions of suse on it into a new
    > machine an had no problems getting up an running after it
    > detected the new
    > hardware.
    >
    > Unless there are major changes in what is on the two motherboards
    > I see no
    > problems with this.
    >
    >
    > jack malone
    > Network Administrator
    > EAST TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND
    > dba HORIZON INDUSTRIES
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    ...Unless you had a custom-compiled kernel with the "extras" removed as
    well... I think the stock kernel does better than Windows' plug & play in
    instances like this. 

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