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Date:      Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:29:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Robert Covell <rcovell@rolet.com>
Cc:        Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Upgrading Computer
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10210230929050.22426-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <BKEHKHACFHBEJDFDKLFBIELKDEAA.rcovell@rolet.com>

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Its what I said already - moving HD and NIC to a new machine is usually
all there is to do unless your new cpu etc has all its interrupts spoken
for or something.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Robert Covell wrote:

> What about going to a new cpu and motherboard with the same nic and hd?  I
> am in the same situation except that I want to move to different hardware.
> I have a FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) mail server that might need some
> more power.
> 
> -Bob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Stephen Hovey
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:39 AM
> To: Grant Cooper
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Upgrading Computer
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah you should be able to just swap guts.
> 
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Grant Cooper wrote:
> 
> > I just aquired a pent 300 and was currently using a pent 200. But I used a
> > GENERIC kernel that came with the FreeBSD because I never new how to
> modify
> > it at the time. Because I never changed the Kernel can't I just switch the
> > hardrives and network cards? From reading the boot up process I don't
> think
> > there should be any problems.
> >
> >
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