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

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

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
, 05:03:02 PM Subject: upgrade advice 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

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