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Unfortunately this is a particularly annoying aspect of Windows XP, unless the hardware is very similar, you don't have a hope of doing this.Would you expect Windows to cope in the same way? Of course not, if the hardware is too dissimilar, no OS could cope with being transplanted like this.
On Monday 24 January 2005 9:28 am, aaron Moore wrote: > Hi > Can anyone help. Not this box, no. The potential effort required in fixing after this ill advised shortcut is more than the time required to re-install and let the hardware be detected properly. Even if you solve the network connection, there's nothing to say other components are not broken or mis-configured. > After removing my Fedora hard drive and fixing it to a newer computer I am > unable to connect to the network. If you put a diesel engine in a car with petrol in the tank, will it work? The newer computer will have a different network card and sundry other differences. Why are you doing it this way rather than installing on the new hardware? This is a newer machine so it's going to have a decent CD drive (or DVD) and on-board network support? It's easier to install fresh than to use an install that was configured for older hardware! Do the install and copy your user data across later. Would you expect Windows to cope in the same way? Of course not, if the hardware is too dissimilar, no OS could cope with being transplanted like this. The two machines would have to be all but identical to just swap the drive over. You'll have to either do the hardware detection by hand or install properly. You've tried a shortcut - the only surprise is that only the network card is showing problems. When you install an operating system, you don't just 'copy' files, you expect and require a high level of customisation and configuration to match the software to that specific piece of hardware. Otherwise there'd be little point upgrading other than just getting more memory and disc space! All that configuration needs to be undone and then re-configured for the new machine. That could take ages - especially as you have NO idea what settings the new hardware will require because you haven't installed it! > Before I made the change the linux box > was conected to the internet through a windows xp computer via a cross-over > cable with DHCP. YUK! Connect to the internet via Fedora - use an external modem (dial-up) or a router (broadband). Windows internet connection sharing is still broken. There again, I'm biased. > I have run the windows network wizard to establish a > connection and run the linux network wizard many times, but with no success I'm not surprised, it's a different computer! > I know I am omitting some vital elemant Yes, installation. All that hardware detection that happens during the installation of the system is not done to print lots of junk on the screen, it is vital to the operation of the system.
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Best Regards Kelly Jones |