Hardware Upgrading

thev · 08-24-2005, 10:48 PM

If I upgrade my PC - new motherboard / ram - will I have to reformat my HD with linux on it? Or will I be able to get around that? Or is it necessary at all? I know nothing, obviously, about this.
Thanks,
Thev

brainiac · 08-25-2005, 08:42 PM

I never have had to. I just changed my motherboard and cpu on my Debian box and it booted and ran fine, just a bunch faster. Athlon 1000 to Athlon 2000+. I have added and changed hardware in Mandrake and Fedora also with little ill effect. Maybe luck maybe not.

Buncas · 08-25-2005, 09:52 PM

Same here, swapped my motherboard and Linux ran fine, faster in fact. Both with LE2005 and FC4.

thev · 08-27-2005, 02:49 PM

Cool... thanks. :)

08-24-2005, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
thev Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 17 OS: Debian Linux / Windows XP	Hardware Upgrading If I upgrade my PC - new motherboard / ram - will I have to reformat my HD with linux on it? Or will I be able to get around that? Or is it necessary at all? I know nothing, obviously, about this. Thanks, Thev

08-27-2005, 02:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
thev Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 17 OS: Debian Linux / Windows XP	:) Cool... thanks. :)

08-25-2005, 08:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
brainiac Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Central IL Posts: 16 OS: XPPro/Fedora/Mandrake	I never have had to. I just changed my motherboard and cpu on my Debian box and it booted and ran fine, just a bunch faster. Athlon 1000 to Athlon 2000+. I have added and changed hardware in Mandrake and Fedora also with little ill effect. Maybe luck maybe not.

08-25-2005, 09:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Buncas Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 9 OS: XP/FC4	Same here, swapped my motherboard and Linux ran fine, faster in fact. Both with LE2005 and FC4.