(CC'd to you and list, sorry for the duplicate)
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?
Chances are you have the k_deflt kernel. Easy to tell by doing "rpm -q k_deflt" and if it responds, you have it. :)
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?
Sometimes reinstalling everything from scratch is a good learning tool. In the case of SuSE, installing a new/different kernel from SuSE isn't that hard at all. Building your own is a different story, but I usually just stick to the SuSE kernels. All you really need to do is rpm -Uvh k_athlon.bla.bla.rpm and reboot the machine (after downloading the new kernel, of course)
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?
Not entirely sure. I never install any of the desktop environments..
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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