On Monday 13 August 2001 13:31, Felix Miata wrote: > Received: by mail (mbox mrmazda) > (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Fri Aug 10 18:12:46 2001) > X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 10 18:12:43 2001 > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from smtp-2u-1.atlantic.net (smtp-2u-1.atlantic.net [209.208.25.2]) > by mail.atlantic.net (8.11.1/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f7AMCgJ31354 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:12:43 -0400 > Received: from atlantic.net (ocalflifanb-as-2-r1-ip-536.atlantic.net [209.208.10.28]) > by smtp-2u-1.atlantic.net (8.11.1/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f7AMBcJ06861 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:11:39 -0400 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:12:56 -0400 > From: Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.mandrake > Subject: Chipset Compatibility & Configuration > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I've seen HowTo on copying install from old HD to new HD, but not one > for motherboard replacement. Hardware HowTo doesn't seem to cover it > either. Does a standard install customize the kernel specifically to > motherboard hardware? > > I've a system with Mandrake 7.1 installed, but my main system has never > had any Linux version installed. In order to minimize downtime from > getting past whatever Mandrake 8 customization obstacles are destined to > gobble the most time, I'd like to use my brand new 40 Gb HD in my older > system to install Linux prior to installing the new HD in my main > system. I've already planned the partition structure based upon the > existing so that Linux /, /boot, /home, and swap would be the same > before and after copying the existing partitions from the old HD with > Partition Magic 5. > > The older system has TX chipset (AcerOpen AX5T), MMX 233 Pentium, 128 Mb > SIMM RAM, Symbios SCSI HD's & CDROM, and the new HD would be /dev/hda. > The newer has VIA MVP chipset (Tyan Trinity S1590S), K6/2-550, 256 Mb > DIMM RAM, Symbios SCSI HD & CDROM, same video card as the other > (ET6100), same chipset on the soung card (ESS1868), and the new HD would > replace existing only IDE (boot) device, a 13 Gb. > > Is this a reasonable plan? What gotchas are there? > > TIA You are good to go--except Tyan Trinity's have a very flaky reputation. I know someone who struggled replacing HDDs and memory twice and never getting 6.1 to work until she replaced the mobo. I have several other stories that place them with the VXPro chipsets of yore. Civileme
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