Re: Launching OS from different motherboard (was recovering secure data for client)

From: WareKala (mika.vesa_at_pp3.inet.fi)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:08:53 GMT

Wed, 19 May 2004 11:34:19 +0000, Marcus kirjoitti:

> Greetings,
>
> Thank you for the response to my earlier topic. I received the 'box'
> from the client the other day, but with the hard drive removed and
> packed separately. I reinstalled the HD (physically) and attempted to
> boot the system, but I get no POST messages from the BIOS, keyboard or
> HDD detection, nothing. It appears as though the motherboard itself or
> the BIOS is bad.
>
> My question is this: Can I boot the original drive and file system
> from a different configuration (i.e. motherboard and BIOS)? If I make
> this attempt would I corrupt the file system? Perhaps I could boot
> with rescue CD (like knoppix) and change the config files first.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
Yes, you can boot with a different motherboard, just make sure
you connect the hard drive as it was in the previous machine.
Ie. if it was primary master, then connect it as primary
master now. Network cards and such probably don't work
without some configuration, but no, there's no risk of data
corruption.
 -WareKala

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