RE: [SLE] Move to another hardware platform.

Subject: RE: [SLE] Move to another hardware platform.

I just replaced the P3 Celeron motherboard with an Athlon 64 motherboard. I had also hoped that I could just remove the old sound and video configs and add the new ones and get up and running quickly. After I swapped the motherboard, SuSE wouldn't boot anymore. I reinstalled it, going with x86_64 instead if i386. In retrospect, it looks like it wouldn't boot with the new motherboard because my hard drive changed from hda to hde because of the integrated SATA controller on the new motherboard. I probably could have gotten it to boot if I had started a rescue system and edited the fstab, but I didn't realize that I needed to change to hde.

IMO, as long as you have a backup of all your data files you might as well try installing the hard drives in the new box to see if it works.

Good luck, Wendell

Thanks! But I don't expect that kind of problems since the "only" differencies are sound and CPU. Sound isn't important since these machines are operating as servers. I'll do a mirror hard drive to test with, if it borkes I have the original intact. Thanks all of you! Anders.

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From: "Anders Norrbring" To: "'SuSE List'" Subject: [SLE] Move to another hardware platform. Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:53:29 +0200

What's the easiest way to move a system from one hardware platform to another?

I have a fully functional system that runs on a motherboard with Intel P4 CPU, and I want to move it to a motherboard with a AMD Athlon CPU..

Peripherals like network adapter and graphics adapter is identical.

I guess that I can't just lift out the hard drives and move them over and then expect the system to work?

Anders Norrbring

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