Hi all, Do you guys remember the big hubub when MicroSnot released figures that proved that NT server outperformed redhat in file serving, web serving and some other stuff on high end servers?? Does anyone know if tests have been done comparing things now that the 2.4.4 kernel (or just 2.4)and reiserFS have been released? I would be most interested in seeing the results of nowdays compared to the linux of those days, which in RH terms was what 6.1 or 2??? wonder what the percentage of impovement would be. I'd also love to know exactly how much difference %% wise, it makes to use i586 packages as mandrake does.. with i386 as redhat apparently does... anyone seen anything like that? Also, I want to swap from an Intel BX chipsent mainboard with 128mb PC133 ram and a Celeron 450, to a Duron 900 (possibly running at 1gig...) and a Via chipset... if I just swap the board over, (making sure to keep the hdds connected to the correct ide's...) will it work? or will I get kernel panics and stuff? Also,, is it worth reinstalling to make sure the install has all the kernel optimisations? (ie will I get i686 instead of i586? or should I aim for AMD optimisations? is it even worth the trouble? lastly and most importantly, if it doesn't work without reinstall,, is there anything I can do to band aid it till it does work?? I currently have 7.2 running with Reiser FS (love that reiser) and I have kernel 2.2.19 and all the other updates as well, it all works flawlessly and I am most happy with it now. (got all the issues I had sorted.) I don't want to reinstall 7.2, the next time I install it will be 8 or 8.1,, and I have not seen 8 anywhere around Perth yet... So basically, anything I can do to keep the current install working with the new chip and hardware would be absolutly a lifesaver... Strangely enough, I think this is something windows actually does better then linux,, I have done hundreds of MB swaps in windows systems, and it just goes off and finds the new stuff and removes the old, most of the time completely sucessfully... I am hoping that linux will be the same, but I thought I'd ask,, (don't think it has ever heard to ask.) many thanks and kindest regards Frank Perth Western Australia
