Agreed! -----Original Message----- From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk [mailto:r...@karlsbakk.net] Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 10:23 AM To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] How to replace a motherboardwithout reinstalling OpenIndiana
> I wonder how I can make an existing installation of OI work on a new > motherboard. From my past experience the operating system stopped > working when I replaced the motherboard so I had to reinstall it. I > think the reason why is because the new motherboard have different IRQ > mappings even though they had a lot of the hardware in common, which > results in the drivers not finding the hardware on the new > motherboard. In mu experience, the only family of operating systems tying its installation so tightly to the current hardware, is Windows. Most unices autodetect hardware on bootup and should work well even if installed on a 10 year old Pentium. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 r...@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
