but what about the devices. new nics, new sound card, new video card. will
redhat just configure itslef for the new devices or will i have config
issuses
On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Brian wrote:
=>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 13:42:04 -0600 (CST)
=>From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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=>Subject: Re: question about moving from one machine to another
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=>On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Adrian Walters wrote:
=>
=>> i am going to be upgrading from one machine to another. i was just curious
=>> as to whether i could just move harddrives from one machine or do i have
=>> to reinstall everything. the machines will have completely different
=>> hardware.....
=>
=>If they are IDE drives and the processor is >= what you currently have,
=>then shouldn't be a problem.
=>
=>If the processor is a lesser processor you may need to downgrade the
=>kernel (going from i686 to i585 for example).
=>
=>If they are SCSI drives, then make sure you change scsi_hostadapter in
=>/etc/conf.modules to point to the correct scsi module, and rebuild your
=>initrd image.
=>
=>Brian
=>
=>
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