Re: EPIA 5000 upgrade - need to reinstall everything?
From: mjt (mjtobler_at_removethis_consultant.com)
Date: 09/10/03
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:28:58 GMT
Nick Bell wrote:
> I'm currently running SuSE8.2 on a Celeron 400/440BX motherboard with a
> TNT2 graphics card. I'm "crossgrading" to a VIA Epia 5000 system with
> (hopefully) its integrated graphics (fingers and thumbs crossed).
>
> Can I just try bunging the (old) HDD onto the new motherboard and
> pressing the power switch? Or should I wipe the root partition and start
> again?
... in my book of "go for it", i'd say "try it" - worse thing
that can happen (as most likely will) it wont boot.
.
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