[plug] Computer Hardware Upgrade - Same Debian Install

[Andrew Furey]

> Hi, Today I am getting an upgrade. 
[snip]
> There is going to 
> be some major changes made so i was wondering if
> this was possible. The 
> changes are below

> Old Computer            |       New Computer
> AT power supply |       ATX Power Supply

No change needed.

> Old motherboard |       New motherboard

Most likely no change needed assuming Linux does
support the new one.

> ISA & PCI               |       PCI only

No change here, you'll just have ISA drivers in your
kernel that aren't used (no matter).

> ISA sound               |       onboard sound

You'll need a new kernel driver for the (presumably
PCI) sound, _maybe_ also change some software setting
along the way... doubtful though.

> S3 PCI Video            |       onboard AGP video

Console will be fine, but you'll probably need to
reconfigure X accordingly.

> no modem                |       winmodem that came
> with motherboard (won't 
> be used at current                   |       time)

[ignored]

> W2k in partion          |       W2k removed

If you have it mounting automatically, remove its
entry in /etc/fstab so it stops complaining.

> CDROM on Primary Slave  |       CDROM on Secondary
> Master

Change the /etc/fstab entry from /dev/hdb to /dev/hdc;
if this is just /dev/cdrom, change that symlink
accordingly.

> NO USB                  |       USB

If you plan to use it, it will need kernel support.

> 32Mb RAM                |       128Mb RAM

No change AFAIK.

> Thanks Tim

Hope this helps (and is accurate :)

Andrew

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