Re: replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/29/08 09:43, KS wrote: > Rich Healey wrote: >> I've moved a debian install between a pentium 3 and a amd athlon. just >> whack the new core in. > > I moved my HDD from a PIV 2.0GHz machine(given away) to a new AMD64 > Athlon X2 5600 based box, a

Re: replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-29 Thread KS
Rich Healey wrote: > > I've moved a debian install between a pentium 3 and a amd athlon. just > whack the new core in. I moved my HDD from a PIV 2.0GHz machine(given away) to a new AMD64 Athlon X2 5600 based box, and all I had to do was take care of the MBR and edit menu.lst -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-28 Thread Rick Dooling
On Feb 28, 7:30 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think he means "No" it won't require a reinstall (in response to "will > I have to reinstall"). > Thank you all. I'll try it next week. RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:15:40PM +1100, Rich Healey wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 02/28/08 13:51, Rick Dooling wrote: > >> I am not a hardware person. I have an old AMD Athlon XP chip 2700 that > >> just quit working (I think) on an ASUS A7V8X motherboard. > > > >> If I replace with any soc

Re: replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-28 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/28/08 13:51, Rick Dooling wrote: >> I am not a hardware person. I have an old AMD Athlon XP chip 2700 that >> just quit working (I think) on an ASUS A7V8X motherboard. > >> If I replace with any socket A Athlon, say, a 2600,

Re: replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/08 13:51, Rick Dooling wrote: > I am not a hardware person. I have an old AMD Athlon XP chip 2700 that > just quit working (I think) on an ASUS A7V8X motherboard. > > If I replace with any socket A Athlon, say, a 2600, instead, same FSB > and

replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-28 Thread Rick Dooling
I am not a hardware person. I have an old AMD Athlon XP chip 2700 that just quit working (I think) on an ASUS A7V8X motherboard. If I replace with any socket A Athlon, say, a 2600, instead, same FSB and such, will I have to reinstall Debian, or will the same Kernel and install work okay with my cu