RE: [expert] Advice on Mandrake related to upgrading mobo/processor

2002-01-30 Thread Franki
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Praedor Tempus Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 10:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Advice on Mandrake related to upgrading mobo/processor Give it a shot...you may be suprised. I have changed mobo/processor before and not had to reinstall linux (though I did have

[expert] Advice on Mandrake related to upgrading mobo/processor

2002-01-29 Thread MadMax99
I am planning on purchasing a new mobo/processor shortly and was wondering if I should plan on a re-install or not? My guess would be a re-install would probably be easier given my lack of linux skills ;^) Any info would be appreciated. Also... any known issues with MSI mobo's? Thanks Eric

Re: [expert] Advice on Mandrake related to upgrading mobo/processor

2002-01-29 Thread Praedor Tempus
Give it a shot...you may be suprised. I have changed mobo/processor before and not had to reinstall linux (though I did have to reinstall windoze). If you are moving from an intel to an amd, then you might have to...I don't recall if I had to when I went from celery to athlon. It doesn't

Re: [expert] Advice on Mandrake related to upgrading mobo/processor

2002-01-29 Thread James
Eric, BACK UP!!! I'm only saying this because backups just saved my buns. I just upgraded the same way. Kudzu tried to recognize all the new hardware, (and probably would have) and then the new mobo itself went south. Two trashed HDDS 4 trash mem sticks and two trips to the store where I

Re: [expert] Advice on Mandrake related to upgrading mobo/processor

2002-01-29 Thread tester
MadMax99 wrote: I am planning on purchasing a new mobo/processor shortly and was wondering if I should plan on a re-install or not? My guess would be a re-install would probably be easier given my lack of linux skills ;^) Any info would be appreciated. Also... any known issues with MSI