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.
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