Re: upgrading your system... my experience
Hello, Regarding the message with this subject on redhat-list: You can normally use epox boards with either Intell or AMD processors. The Asus boards can be a problem as they do not always use the same chipset maker. I do not know where you are, but if you are in Gauteng, you can contact me and we can discuss suppliers availability etc. For now, stay away from SIS chipsets. Check the VIA chipsets (used by epox) before you buy. If you can get it, the Intel bords in my experience works well too. I have had good results from an LG network card using Realtech chipsets and an acton card, will have to check the chipset aggain. regards, Willem tel: 012 3120700 or home: 012 3312307 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: upgrading your system... my experience
On Stardate : [-29]0032.22 -Tue25Mar03-1240 Tony Preston wrote: > RH 6.2 was a totally different story, it recognized the new stuff, forgot about > the old stuff and booted normally (even recognized the change in video cards!). > I was absolutely amazed (especially after the Win 98 experience). > > I know this is like preaching to the choir, but I really was expecting a bit more > than just rebooting to upgrade just about everything:) This is good news, I just wanted to ask about this. I will be changing most of the machine, except the HDDs. I don't know what machine I will be getting yet, where an I have a look see which hardware is well supported by Linux? We don't have a very wide choice around here, but I would like to get the most supported of what is available. Oh yes, I'm running RH8.0 -- QUIPd 1.02: (406 of 616) -> "Kids today think the 70s were fun. They think the 70s were -> cool. They think that 70s stuff looks hip. Let me put this as -> delicately as possible: kids today are idiots." ##216 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: upgrading your system... my experience
I had RH8 installed on a Asus VIA board w/ a 900 MHz Athlon. CPU died. I built a new box using an Asus A7N8X Deluxe and XP 2700+. No more was I using the SoundBlaster Live, the VooDoo3, USB was now OHCI opposed to UHCI, I didn't move the old NIC's over. Only thing that was the same was the hard drive, cdrw drive, and PCI modem (rarely used - only when broadband is down and I _must_ connect) Everything went perfectly - the nics on the new board were not supported by the default kernel. It detected they were removed. Once I built the new kernel (which supported the 3com nic) kudzo migrated the old eth0 settings on over - couldn't have been easier. Ditto for eth0 once I installed nvidia's evil ;) kernel tainting closed source nvnet driver. ( btw - please sign my petition at http://petitiononline.com/nforce2/petition.html ) Only thing I had to manually do is have the i810_audio drive load in /etc/rc.local Linux handles changing motherboard/cpu very well - especially with kudzo. You think an expensive commercial OS like Windows would be on par - but apparently not ;) -=- I think it's more tricky when going from AMD to Intel (or vice versa) - I think to do that, you'd need build a kernel that supports both before changing. not positive though. Also - you want to recompile mplayer after changing the cpu. On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 08:42, Tony Preston wrote: > RH 6.2 was a totally different story, it recognized the new stuff, forgot about > the old stuff and booted normally (even recognized the change in video cards!). > I was absolutely amazed (especially after the Win 98 experience). > > I know this is like preaching to the choir, but I really was expecting a bit more > than just rebooting to upgrade just about everything:) > -- Michael A. Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: upgrading your system... my experience
Intresting enought I upgraded my computer which was a 500 Mhz PIII. I got a 1 GZH PIII (new motherboard, added memory). Since neither system was mine (side project) and I had all my stuff on the HD, I pulled my HD and swapped it for the HD on the new machine. The HD has a dual boot of Win 98se and RH 6.2 (I have since added a third OS RH 8.0). First the Win 98se story... It crapped its drawers with all the changes it saw... memory added, different motherboard, it was a totally frustrating experience ending in a wipe and reload of Win 98se... It literally could not handle the upgrade. I had triple entries in the registry, nothing worked, it barely ran... RH 6.2 was a totally different story, it recognized the new stuff, forgot about the old stuff and booted normally (even recognized the change in video cards!). I was absolutely amazed (especially after the Win 98 experience). I know this is like preaching to the choir, but I really was expecting a bit more than just rebooting to upgrade just about everything:) >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edward Dekkers >Sent: 24. mars 2003 02:11 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Installing a new motherboard - anything special to do? > > >> I would like to get a new motherboard with faster CPU. I am running RH >> 8.0. If I just plug in the board and boot up will RH8.0 recognize the >> new board and the hardware? > >Never heard of a brand named 'new'. > >Seriously though - how are we supposed to know when you don't specify >Make & >Model, nor what other devices you are running (SCSI? IDE?). > >Improve the question. > >Regards, > >--- >Edward Dekkers (Director) >Triple D Computer Services P/L = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Best regards. Tony Preston Cancer is Curable, Ask me why! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-25 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
