From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 18 13:34: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from luke.cpl.net (luke.cpl.net [192.216.136.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F7E037B8F5 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:34:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shawn@megadeth.org) Received: from shawn.megadeth.org (shawn.megadeth.org [192.216.87.244]) by luke.cpl.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA52826; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:34:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.3.0.20000718132724.01f98ae8@mail.cpl.net> X-Sender: megadeth@mail.cpl.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:34:28 -0700 To: "zerohero" , From: Shawn Ramsey Subject: Re: New Mobo, new install? In-Reply-To: <000201bff0f1$c7447440$f8fafed4@zerohero> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:33 PM 7/18/2000 +0200, zerohero wrote: >I'm getting ready to upgrade my dual-boot Windows 98/FreeBSD computer with >a new motherboard so my Geforce can run at full speed (damn old Athlon >mobos). I've installed new motherboard in Windows without reformatting >before, and everything seems to work out fine although it's probably >better to reformat anyways. I was wondering if BSD will have any problems >if I switch motherboards, or if i'm going to have to reinstall. > >Thanks >-Scott Brackett >zerohero@dreadnaught.net You shouldn't have any problems. Certainly fewer than you would in Windows. As long as you don't switch to a CPU class not defined in your kernel, I wouldn't expect any problems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message