David C. Rankin composed on 2023-01-11 04:09 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
David C. Rankin composed on 2023-01-11 02:07 (UTC-0600):
Since the boot process probes for hardware, as long as the kernel has the modules for your hardware, just put the new motherboard in, add your 15.4 drive and hit the power button...
Maybe not such a good idea if your old hardware included an NVidia GPU and NVidia's proprietary drivers installed, and the new will include a different GPU. Those drivers muck with things that could make the first boot experience painful. Those drivers should be uninstalled according to their installation instructions last thing before turning off the old for the last time before the motherboard swap, unless you'll be using the same old GPU with the new motherboard.
They should attempt the load and fail when no hardware was found. The onboard graphics should still be found an initialized....
They should, but it's my understanding that NVidia's proprietary drivers may include a replacement for at least one system lib (evil "muck with") that is not compatible with drivers for other GPUs, meaning X may fail to run even trying to use the crude, fallback vesa and/or fbdev drivers. In such a case Xorg.0.log may not report what's needed to know, just an inexplicable segfault. Since I never install proprietary drivers on any PC I own, I've had no incentive to test whether my understanding has any basis in fact. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata