Tom Kostiainen wrote:
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
To: SuSE Linux List Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Reinstalling? 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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Reinstalling won't help you in the long run. It's not what Linux is all about - that M$' turf. In Linux you can fix things on the fly. Also you need to be comfortable in the console/text mode and learn to do things there - it seems intimidating but after you get used to it you'll wonder why you waited.... Why? Becuase unlike M$ with a "master" registry file, that if corrupt, can take the "whole" system down with it, Linux is about layers. Your Xserver is the 2nd most top layer - the gui is the top layer and last to load. You need to learn and understand that in order to config the xserver/gui usually it entails installing drivers and configuring the XF86Config file. If the module for the vidcard is loaded and working then it's just about the xf86config (usually - other things may need to be looked at). Agian, there is no master reg file in Linux - each component has its own file for configuration and this is in plain text - just open a text editor and change it to meet your needs. If you have any question the list is here to specifically answer them. If your post isn't answered (usually with in 1 hour to a day) then repost and change the tittle of the message. This is a very knowledgable list and the users are very good about walking people through things. You need to know about getting message from you system to add to your post (another nice feature of Linux - it essentially talks to you in the sense of giving you messages about whats right or wrong with something). This is he most useful and friendly Linux list I've found and I've tried many. Cheers, Curtis.