A change of motherboard...

[ScRapZ_1]

Just a quickie. If I install Linux on my system using a certain type of motherboard, then change to a completly differnt motherboard, must I re-install it from scratch, much like I would windows? Or will everything work just fine if I dump my old harddrive in?

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[Icarus]

Worked for me and some others...

[Derango]

Yep, linux should be fine. If you have a windows partition though, you would need to reinstall windows. It gets confused ;)

[kapwfm]

I have Mandrake 8.1 and Windows 98 on my hard drive. I put a new motherboard, processor, sound card, video card and network card in my computer. Windows....not so fun. I thought Linux would be worse...turns out within 15 minutes, I was back up and running in Linux. Couldn't believe it. So, to make a long story even longer...I think Linux is a lot better than Windows when it comes to new hardware.

[Malakin]

If your new motherboard uses the same chipset it may work in windows, if not you will likely have to reinstall windows.

Whenever I've seen motherboards swapped Linux booted and ran like nothing changed.

[anton]

hmm ... I've upgraded my motherboard , and linux and windows didn't take me more than 5 minutes (if not less) to set-up ...

[Keyser Soze]

Same here, done many, many, many systems(ad nauseum). Most of the time Windows works out for me, but about 20% of the time, it flunks out....just remember to back up. Backup anyway, backup for the fun of it. I have had a couple linux installs go south, but only a couple. You should be fine.

[Stween]

Iv never had any problems on windows or linux on my system or anyone elses. If anything windows will arse about with its drivers for a while on first boot ('New Hardware Found!'), but iv never had to reinstall.


Stween

[fancypiper]

Just make sure your /etc/fstab is correct for your new box/whatever, plug it in, boot and run. Linux will love it.

Getting Windows working with a different chipset is at least week long adventure adventure or more. Re-install that with the bare minumum plugged in, cancel all the hardware wizards until you can run the MOBO utilities. Reboot, power off, plug in one card, configure, reboot, repeat reboot reboot reboot reboot reboot and you will make faster progress than I did.

Just 3 more programs to replace or get running under wine and a couple of musicians plugin tools for XMMS comes out and I can excape the "Gates of Hell" of Microsoft. They did make an OS that wouldn't crash. Basic in ROM and a cassette storage unit called the TRS-80, mu first computer love.