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Re: [LUG] Transfering hard drives to a new machine.

 

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Darren Foster wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
>  
> 
> Got a Fedora Core 6 system that the motherboard and processor have both
> gone capput! Just wondered what the chances are of me taking the hard
> drive out and sticking it in a new machine and it working like a dream were?
> 

Well, if nothing else you would be able to mount the current file
systems as part of a fresh install.

As for getting it to work on a replacement system, it depends on the
hardware its moving from and to... a lot of the time it will work.. mostly..


Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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