Re: Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 10:04:34AM +0800, a wrote:
>
>>
>> I change motherboard, sarge refuse to boot, it says BIOS check fails
>> I used debian before (woody, potato...) there's no such problem
>> Do I have to re-install sarge?
>>
>
> Short answer: It depends.
>
> Long answer: If you are running a stock Debian kernel, have hardware
> detection enabled and get a new motherboard/CPU combination that is the
> same architecture as what you have now, it is doable. Be aware, that if
> you change video cards, you will need to reconfigure X. Also, if you
> have compiled your own kernel and made it so that you only have the
> things in there that you need for your specific machine (e.g., IDE
> chipset or exact CPU arch), then you may run into a problem.
>
Yes. If it helps anyone to know, I did this changing more than just the
motherboard (although I am not running X on that machine). The original
system was running on an old AMD P2 machine. I made sure to install a
basic 386 kernel first instead of the AMD-specific kernel I was using.
Then I pulled the hard drive out, and plugged it into an Intel P3,
upgraded the kernel, and everything is worked perfectly, and in a lot
less time than it would have taken me to reinstall the system.
Angelo
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