Hello Jason Pool (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I had a power supply failure and I moved my hard drive > directly to another computer (from 200MHz Intel to > 500MHz AMD) as this was a semi-planned upgrade that > came a bit earlier than expected. I expected to > migrate data to a new install, not the actual drive. > > I got a kernel panic with the first boot with some > timing errors in the messages. > > uname -a > Linux pools 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST > 2003 i586 GNU/Linux > > currently running "testing". The kernel should run on both systems without problems. > I didn't do a proper checkout of the bug as I was in a > hurry to get the machine back up and running. Short > sighted on my part. > > After reboot, all _seems_ to be well. But fear hovers > all around and I plan to do a fresh install ASAP. > > Question: Is there any known gotchas to upgrading all > the hardware without reinstalling the system? Typical problems are incompatible kernel architecture, changed drive/partition names, and, if you use some self-compiled kernel, missing drivers. You use an standard Debian 386 kernel, which should run on both systems without problems. However you probably want to upgrade to the latest version (2.4.27). > The only change to the config that I made was to > change the module loaded for the network card. Most of the drivers are probably loaded by hotplug/discover anyway, so I don't think there is much you have to worry about. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
