Well I will probably update to a new AMD cpu (now using a
AMD Thunderbird), so would that mean I don't have to do
anything to my kernel?
I'm quite a newbie with Linux so if something doesn't work and
the SuSE install can't do what I need it to do it will probably be
easyer for me to just reinstall the hole thing =) ...or is updating
the kernel so difficult as I've understood?
The video card might be a problem. I'm planing on keeping
my old one but what if I update? What can I do if X won't start
because of the video driver?
My networkcard is a PCI, and so is my soundcard, so
motherboard integrated cards aren't a problem.
- tk
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Nichols
No you don't have to reinstall. If you go from say an Intel to AMD CPU then I would use the k_athlon kernel pkg vs k_deflt but that's about it.
* Tom Kostiainen (tom.kostiainen@pp.inet.fi) [030104 13:24]: -> ->Hi, -> ->Do I need to reinstall SuSE Linux after I've changed ->my CPU and motherboard? What's the easyest way ->to do this?
Ben's right. It's about that simple. Try that with XP. ;)
It should work out just fine, but you didn't tell us if *all* you changed was the CPU and motherboard. Is it a new motherboard with a bunch of onboard sound/video/LAN and stuff? That might be another issue entirely.
Generally I disable that stuff anyway and stick to PCI cards. ;)
-Jonathan
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