Re: how to upgrade to a 64-bit mobo?
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Millions(?) must have done this but googling left doubts. I'm thinking of upgrading my EP-8VTAI 32-bit mobo to an ASUS M2N-SLI which is 64-bit. I now run one Sid system that is pure i386. What is best? 1. install the ASUS M2N-SLI into a new box and keep the old box. I did this about a month ago. ASUS M2N-SLI motherboard with an AMD Athlon X2 5600 processor. I built the box and put in the old hard disk. Booted with a live CD and changed the menu.lst as it was the second HDD on the old PC (and the only one in the new one). No, I didn't change my system to a 64-bit one. 2. install the ASUS M2N-SLI into the present box but then I have 4 HDD's with only 32-bit Sid. Shouldn't be a problem if you can connect all of your HDD to the motherboard. The M2N-SLI has only 1 IDE port and 6 SATA ports. All you would need to do is make sure the hard disks are detected in the same order by the new motherboard. If not you will need to change menu.lst and possibly /etc/fstab too. Many must have faced this question. Pointers? Hugo Good luck. KS PS: nice motherboard, I love all the sensors which it has. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to upgrade to a 64-bit mobo?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/04/08 12:56, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Millions(?) must have done this but googling left doubts. I'm thinking of upgrading my EP-8VTAI 32-bit mobo to an ASUS M2N-SLI which is 64-bit. I now run one Sid system that is pure i386. What is best? 1. install the ASUS M2N-SLI into a new box and keep the old box. 2. install the ASUS M2N-SLI into the present box but then I have 4 HDD's with only 32-bit Sid. Many must have faced this question. Pointers? If your /home a /data directories not on the same partition as /usr, then choose option (2) and do a fresh 64-bit install over the 32-bit directories. Your data directories will (unless you screw up) be safe. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH9nWpS9HxQb37XmcRAgokAJ4guGTJgCITpqme292GhIr3povQVQCeKTQu qLN44c0g+2Snpqhpt1kY91g= =uQ3S -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to upgrade to a 64-bit mobo?
1. install the ASUS M2N-SLI into a new box and keep the old box. If by that you mean having 2 computers instead of one... Sure, why not? You can still mount your /home through the network. Try debian-amd64 list as well. HTH -- Fica bem, porta-te mal. Be well, misbehave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to upgrade to a 64-bit mobo?
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 11:56:57AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Millions(?) must have done this but googling left doubts. I'm thinking of upgrading my EP-8VTAI 32-bit mobo to an ASUS M2N-SLI which is 64-bit. I now run one Sid system that is pure i386. What is best? 1. install the ASUS M2N-SLI into a new box and keep the old box. 2. install the ASUS M2N-SLI into the present box but then I have 4 HDD's with only 32-bit Sid. Many must have faced this question. Pointers? what I *can* tell you is just reinstall. Do bother trying to migrate in place unless you're masochistic. It's doable, but just a pain... A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
