Upgrading the Motherboards of Linux Boxen?

Posted by Cliff on Monday October 29, 2001 @10:15AM from the things-to-watch-out-for-in-basic-HW-maintenance dept.

synchronicity asks: "I just got a new motherboard and processor and would otherwise like to keep my system setup exactly as it is now. Every site I have visited about upgrading a motherboard and processor ends with something to the effect of 'When your machine boots up, Windows will be confused for a little bit, but will detect all your hardware as new, reboot itself a few times, and then you'll be up and running again.' All well and good, except that I don't run Windows. So what do I need to do to get my Linux (Mandrake 7.2) system to recognize the new PCI bus addresses/interrupts/etc. to make this upgrade a success?" What things do you do in preparation for such a procedure?

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Do the same by nomis80 · 2001-10-29 11:06 · Score: 2, Insightful

Do the same as in Windows, but without the reboots. ;)

Serious, Linux's hardware management is way superior to Windows', provided the hardware is compliant (which is most of it now that ISA PNP is out). Try it, you'll be surprised.