On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:41:37AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Chances are you'll be fine either way - isn't k7 a subset of 686? I > would certainly thnk an amd64 motherboard should work fine using a k7 > kernel. I think that's likely not to work. probably spit out a kernel panic and fail to boot. I've had it definitely fail using the same proc on a different mobo, so changing architectures is less likely to work. But the below is the way to go. > > The other option, though, is to boot to a rescue CD and install a new > kernel using the rescue system. chroot into the system to do the install. A > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - > http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu > Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_ > University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA > New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl > > > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Ross Boylan wrote: > > >I have a system that died and I'm hoping to salvage it by either > >replacing the motherboard or moving the disks to a new machine. It > >was running the testing 2.6.18-k7 kernel. Will that work if I put it > >in a machine that is not a k7? Specifically, the likely alternatives > >would be ones with proper versions of 686 or amd64. > > > >I did some searching and reviewed the kernel FAQ, Debian installation > >and release notes, and /usr/share/doc/linux-image-2.6-686 (which had > >almost nothing), but couldn't find an answer. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Ross Boylan > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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