upgrade advice

2007-08-27 Thread 'josh coffman'
I've heard that adding memory to a linux box isn't straight forward. Is that true? I haven't had to add memory to a linux box where I wasn't also re-installing the OS. Here's a really far fetched question.. The ASRock motherboard in my desktop has an expansion slot for an additional/replacemen

Re: upgrade advice

2007-08-27 Thread Tuna
Um... I added memory to my laptop the day before yesterday, and that just kind of worked. I just popped it in and it worked. As for the CPU, I'm pretty sure that you would have to do SOMETHING when you boot up, but I'm not sure. 'josh coffman' wrote: I've heard that adding memory to a linux

Re: upgrade advice

2007-08-27 Thread Jon M. Hanson
Adding memory to a Linux system should not require a reinstallation. You just add the memory you need in the configuration required by the motherboard. --- Original Message --- From: 'josh coffman' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PLUG-discuss." Sent: 08/27/07, 05

Re: upgrade advice

2007-08-27 Thread Matt Graham
On Monday 27 August 2007, after a long battle with technology, Tuna wrote: > Um... I added memory to my laptop the day before yesterday, and that > just kind of worked. I just popped it in and it worked. The old "mem=" kernel parameter became unnecessary with the 2.4 series. Unless there's some

Re: upgrade advice

2007-08-27 Thread Technomage-hawke
On Monday 27 August 2007 17:03, 'josh coffman' wrote: > I've heard that adding memory to a linux box isn't straight forward. Is > that true? I haven't had to add memory to a linux box where I wasn't also > re-installing the OS. heh. actually, adding ram is trivially easy (unless you have a kernel i

Re: upgrade advice

2007-08-28 Thread der.hans
Am 27. Aug, 2007 schw�tzte 'josh coffman' so: I've heard that adding memory to a linux box isn't straight forward. Is that true? I haven't had to add memory to a linux box where I wasn't also re-installing the OS. The Linux kernel can handle whatever PCs can hold. Many years ago there were p