On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
->On 20 Oct 99, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
->
->>you may be able to run the linuxconf
->
->> If I were in your place I will first boot the system on the new machine in
->> the single user mode, complete all the configuration, and then change the
->> runlevel.
->
->But wouldnt the hardware information in the kernel be all wrong? Or
->does the kernel check for the appr hardware modules every time
->we boot linux?
->
->This is very confusing ...
->PLEASE ENLIGHTEN!!!!
->
->Sameer.
->
Not necessarily. It depends on how different the two systems are. Suppose
the first PC doesn't use SCSI, but the latter does, then by turning it to
single user mode doesn't help, because the harddisk cannot be recognized. If
the harddisk can be recognized, you will always succeed. This is what my
experience suggests. What I am writing is based on practical knowledge only.
Guru's may correct. Network module is never loaded when you go to single
user mode. You can read the logs after loading into single user mode, (do
dmsg) to know the difference. When you boot the machine in single user
mode, gui doesn't start. So even if the graphics card is different it does
not matter. You can run Xconfigurator and change it.
Nagarjuna
