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From: "Brent Wiese" <brently@bjwcs.com>
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Subject: RE: Moving Disks to new PC Machines
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:11:32 -0700
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> Joseph Maxwell wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I need to move my system ( actually 2 hard disk) to another 
> machine w/ 
> > different MotherBoard and CPU. The disks have been configured as a 
> > bootablesyetm disk and the other data storage. How can I 
> reconfigure 
> > to achieve this with the minimum amount of perturbation.
> 
> While the disks are in the old machine, verify that your 
> current kernel has compiled-in support for all the devices 
> needed on the new machine. If necessary, make a new kernel.  
> Then move the disks to the new machine and you're ready to go.
> 

An easier option is just copy the generic kernel back into place... Or just
specify it at boot.

That way, if you're not sure of what devices you'll need, you can verify
using dmesg.

You did keep a copy of it around for emergencies, right? :)

Brent


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