Changing processor

2012-03-03 Thread rcb
Dear Debian users, First of all, I'd like to briefly introduce myself, as it is my first message. My name is Ruben (aka Beco), I'm a computer scientist, and I've being using linux since 1995 (Slackware-KDE, RedHat-KDE - because of RPM, Suse-KDE - because it recognize more hardware and I didnt

Re: Changing processor

2012-03-03 Thread Claudius Hubig
rcb r...@beco.cc wrote: Simple stated, my question is: will my first machine that is runing Debian installed from scratch work smoothly after I simple change its processor from a DualCore to a Core2 Quad? If you are still using the default kernel, i. e. did not recompile your own and threw out

Re: Changing processor

2012-03-03 Thread rcb
From: Claudius Hubig nfs_2...@chubig.net: If you are still using the default kernel, i. e. did not recompile your own and threw out ‘unneeded’ options/modules, everything will be fine. Thanks Claudius. It is always better to ask before buy. I didn't recompile or anything. Just keep the system

Re: Changing processor

2012-03-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 10:55:55AM -0300, rcb wrote: Dear Debian users, (or will I need to reinstall things? Both processors are intel 64 bits, btw). Thanks for your help, Beco. PS. Disclaimer: * Sorry if this is the wrong list to ask such question * Forgive-me any misspelled

Re: Changing processor

2012-03-03 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:55:55 -0300, rcb wrote: First of all, I'd like to briefly introduce myself, as it is my first message. (...) Welcome :-) Simple stated, my question is: will my first machine that is runing Debian installed from scratch work smoothly after I simple change its