[plug] reinstall for new core hardware?

[Leon Brooks]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:11, Ben New wrote:
> They both have onboard graphics, but I'd have to assume different
> drivers are required.

Yes. XFDrake will sort that for you, and very politely too.

> Obviously there will need to be a kernel compile in there somewhere
> (in my case, probably about 5 or 6 before I get it right) with the
> increased number of processors and probably other things (?)

No, just use the precompiled SMP kernel supplied by Mandrake. Installing 
it on your old (UP) machine is perfectly safe, too. Actually, the Intel 
mobos like some of the features in kernel-enterprise so you might like 
to try that as well as kernel-smp.

One simple way to make the required changes is to simply upgrade to 9.2. 
Remember to point the finished product at a mirror and pull updates - 
including a new kernel - before you drop your shields.

You might also like to try a 2.6 kernel, in which case I recommend 
pulling 2.6.0-1mdk from the Cooker SRPMS directory and rpm -bb'ing 
that.

Cheers; Leon