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From: Yousuf Khan on 16 Jan 2010 12:03 Just purchased a new motherboard/chipset and processor for my desktop. Haven't switched them out yet, waiting to see what preparations I need to take on Ubuntu before going for it? I'll be keeping the existing hard drives and video card, as is. Yousuf Khan
From: Ignoramus25756 on 16 Jan 2010 12:24 On 2010-01-16, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote: > Just purchased a new motherboard/chipset and processor for my desktop. > Haven't switched them out yet, waiting to see what preparations I need > to take on Ubuntu before going for it? I'll be keeping the existing hard > drives and video card, as is. It should work without you doing anything to the OS. It is supposed to and always did so for me. Just in case, I would back up your data and save the fstab file somewhere. i
From: Steve Urbach on 16 Jan 2010 12:41 On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:03:35 -0500, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote: >Just purchased a new motherboard/chipset and processor for my desktop. >Haven't switched them out yet, waiting to see what preparations I need >to take on Ubuntu before going for it? I'll be keeping the existing hard >drives and video card, as is. > > Yousuf Khan It probably will work :) If your old rig was... really Old, there might have been /work-around's/ set that are less efficient than what you would see with a fresh install. That is what I find amazing about Ubuntu.. It mostly just works whereas Windows mostly does not work without lots of futzing with drivers. YMMV
From: J.O. Aho on 16 Jan 2010 14:05 Yousuf Khan wrote: > Just purchased a new motherboard/chipset and processor for my desktop. > Haven't switched them out yet, waiting to see what preparations I need > to take on Ubuntu before going for it? I'll be keeping the existing hard > drives and video card, as is. As ubuntu uses uuid to mount, moving hard drivers shouldn't cause any problems (except if you use onboard raid). As you don't change graphics card, it shouldn't cause any problem even if you use closed source drivers from AMD or nVidia. Most of todays distribution (really since RH6), has managed to load the right drivers as long as they are part of the drivers compiled by default by your distribution. -- //Aho
From: Mick on 16 Jan 2010 15:57
Yousuf Khan wrote: > Just purchased a new motherboard/chipset and processor for my desktop. > Haven't switched them out yet, waiting to see what preparations I need > to take on Ubuntu before going for it? I'll be keeping the existing hard > drives and video card, as is. > > Yousuf Khan Depends what you are upgrading from & to From 32 bit to 64 bit would probably go better backing up and reinstalling. |