On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:25:13PM +0200, bibi wrote: > Hi there, > > I have plan to change some of the hardware in one of my server: new > motherboard and new processors > > My question is : do I have to take care of the kernel or something else > ? > I m a little bit worried about changing hardware. I dont know if I will > be able to reboot correctly after the change. Usually it's quite safe, as long as you don't make too radical changes. Things too look out for. - Kernels optimized for some CPU might not work on others, so a P3 kernel won't work on AMD systems... (Just make a generic 386 or Pentium kernel) - Switching from SCSI to IDE or having changes in types of cards - Framebuffer support for (on-board) video - Network drivers for (on-board) ethernet -- Mark Janssen Unix Consultant @ SyConOS IT E-mail: maniac@markjanssen.nl GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 http: maniac.nl, unix-god.[net|org], markjanssen.[com|net|org|nl]
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