On Tuesday 10 May 2005 16:34, Stan Glasoe wrote:
You most likely will have a few challenges but if you keep the hard drives on the same IDE config you should be alright. That is, if you have /dev/hda and /dev/hdc in the old system then put them on /dev/hda and /dev/hdc respectively in the new one and it should boot.
Yep. I'll be following that general format.
Familiar with editing /etc/fstab and running the rescue CD/DVD? If
Yes. Very familiar. And the trusty rescue DVD will not be far off.
you use KDE and SuSEplugger is running it should ask you to configure all the new hardware it finds. Before powering off the old system make sure SuSEplugger has at least the "Inform me about new hardware" and the "Start automatically on next login" boxes checked.
Yes, I mainly use KDE and, as a rule, those options are always ticked.
The Nvidia drivers/cards you will have to update the normal way as if you updated the kernel.
Got it.
Do you have a spare system that you can use to get online to ask for help? If not, can you run each machine off one hard drive; will the old one boot with /dev/hdc and can you use /dev/hda to boot the new system? Disaster planning and all...
No, I lack a spare system. I will attempt to determine if I can boot separately off of each drive, though. That's a very solid idea.
Best of luck, sounds fun! Stan
Thank you very much for your response. And it will be a lot of fun. It's not too often I get to upgrade my hardware wholesale like this. Regards, Ken