On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 04:42:17PM -0200, Gustavo Franco wrote: > The hardware is detected during the boot process too and not only > during the installation, unless you've changed it manually. > > Answering about the video card and dvd burner: > > - Video card: Probably it will be properly detected and the kernel > module will be loaded, but you will still need to reconfigure your > Xorg if it uses a different chipset than the older card. You can > reconfigure the package xserver-xorg or simply edit /etc/X11/Xorg.conf > changing the Driver from the old to the new one. > - DVD burner: If you use GNOME and haven't installed the desktop > environment install gnomebaker package and have fun. > > A lot of other kind of hardware will work 'out of the box' (eg: most > of usb tokens) and others will be detected but you will need install a > package or if we're replacing old hardware with new stuff change a > configuration file. > > Suggestions are welcome.
While you are right, I see one special case. It is not the case here but if you change your booting devices, you will need to rebuild the initramfs. I am mainly speaking about adding a drive or controller which change the ordering and name of the others. jacques
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