Will this caus issues?

scrupul0us · 02-14-2006, 03:59 PM

If I swap out the mobo on my linux box for another one (diff maker and model) will this have an adverse affect on linux box?

in otherwords... if i tried todo that on a windows machine I'd have to reformat

Dudydoo · 02-14-2006, 04:03 PM

GNU/Linux is NOT Windows

I've never had a problem.

scrupul0us · 02-14-2006, 04:21 PM

so when i swa stuff out it will just detect and make changes when it boots again?

i know its not windows... BY ANY MEANS.. but ive had that issue in the past and just wanted to claify... thanks!

Dudydoo · 02-14-2006, 04:31 PM

As long as you are using a generic kernel (not custom tailored to your hardware) you should be fine.

In my experience the kernel just detects all the new motherboard features at startup and that's about it.

Of course I cannot guarantee that you won't get any problems, but as I said, I've never had any.

odevans · 02-14-2006, 04:58 PM

If you're changing graphics chipset (if new mobo has onboard graphics), make sure you're set to boot into runlevel 3 (or 1), as you'll probably need to reconfigure X.

I've moved drives around between machines before, which is kinda the same thing, without any trouble. As Dudydoo said, make sure you're running a generic kernel.

scrupul0us · 02-15-2006, 05:26 AM

good call on the runlevel.. ill have to set it back to 3 b4 i make any changes