On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:19:16 +0000, Peter Nikolic
On Thursday 10 March 2005 20:03, Jim Flanagan wrote:
On Thursday 10 March 2005 10:42 am, Kevanf1 wrote:
I have to admit that this is something I used to wonder about, changing a mobo. It's the after effect of knowing what happens with Window$ when you perform a mobo (or near enough anything else) transplant. Perhaps this should be touted more openly that Linux does not choke and curl up and die when faced with major hardware changes as opposed to M$ products.
You're right. I once changed a board (AMD Athlon 800mhz) to an Intel P4 2.8Ghz and figured I would at least have to get out the rescue system and do some reconfiguring.
Nope, just fired it up and it ran fine. Oh, and I switched from a Matrox video card to an ATI at the same time, just to make things interesting. No problem with that either.
Don't mean to jump in the middle of a good thread, but this is very interesting info to me. I was under the impression that linux was very adverse to changes such as mobo etc. Perhaps this is from the suse 8.2 days, but maybe that is not correct as well. I am planning a hardware upgrade, and this thread has definately made my decision much easier. Thanks.
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Humm not sure where you heard that one from i have never had problems switching MoBo's at all and i have had a few ..
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Hmmm, I don't you guys experiences at all but they are very different to mine and to those of others I know in the industry. I've found that Window$ doesn't really ming minor changes like graphic cards or sound cards etc. but try it with a mobo and it does not play ball. That's not just me, that is a lot of colleagues also. Perhaps we've just been unlucky :-)))) But thinking about it like that does tend to put Window$ into perspective. It is pot luck with M$ stuff whether it works or not. Whereas Linux just gets on it, assuming everything is ok i.e. no bad RAM or broken cards etc. Ah well, interesting discussion nonetheless :-) -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR