Re: [SLE] Replacing a Motherboard

From: Randall R Schulz (rschulz_at_sonic.net)
Date: 03/10/05

  • Next message: William H Lugg: "Re: [SLE] Replacing a Motherboard" 
    To: SuSE-Linux-E@suse.com
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 20:58:24 -0800

    William,

    On Wednesday 09 March 2005 19:46, William H Lugg wrote:
    > I've found that the motherboard in one of our computers has leaky
    > capacitors and needs to be replaced. I has a Socket A AMD Athlon XP
    > 2000+ processor. First, does anyone have a recommendation for the
    > most Linux compatible board or chipset?
    >
    > Second, I am running SuSE 9.2. What should I do, if anything, to
    > prepare the OS for the replacement? What about after the
    > replacement? The last time I tried this, I was running Windoze and
    > it basically trashed the installation. So I'm a little leary of doing
    > it this time.
    >
    > Any help is greatly appreciated.

    As others have stated, it's likely your SuSE installation will take the
    hardware change in stride.

    The one exception I'm aware of is for those who've compiled their own
    kernel using a custom configuration that does not include the code for
    the full breadth of hardware. SuSE configures their kernels for maximum
    universality, which is part of why switching hardware out from under a
    running installation tends to work so well. People who are into
    customizing and optimizing will sometimes remove support for hardware
    they don't have. In those cases, changing hardware may render the
    kernel you were using unusable.

    If you're running stock SuSE kernels, then you'll probably be fine.

    > --
    > Bill Lugg

    Randall Schulz 

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