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On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 08:48 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > On 21/10/10 08:31, John wrote: > > After a long, long wait I'm finally getting a new PC. From a single core > > athlon 2ghz to an intel quad core 4ghz super monster :] > > > > Anyway, how much chance is there of just taking the OS drive (intel ssd) > > out of this machine and slapping it into the other and expecting stuff > > to work? > > If the new machine has the same architecture for this (i.e. you can plug > the drive in) and it allows booting of disk type you have then it > depends largely on the kernel, and how weird the new hardware is. If you mean the harddisk type/connector then its SSD and SATA, if you refer to the motherboard then I'm going from a Gigabyte K8N Neo4 to a Gigabyte p55 thing https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-252-OK this is the actual machine, for anyone *that* interested ;) > In most case generic GNU/Linux distros like Debian, Ubunbtu, SuSE, > Redhat will "just work" in new hardware assuming the kernel is for the > correct CPU type, as every time they boot they search for all relevant > devices and drivers. Currently kernel is: Linux subbass-desktop 2.6.32-25-generic-pae #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 21:57:48 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Is that a problem ? > Ensure the OS is up to date, especially the kernel version before starting. I'm upto date except for the one pushed this week, I believe it has a bug that would cause issues with Cedega so I'm holding off it. > > I am expecting to remove the current nvidia drivers off this first, and > > also comment out the swap from the fstab as its on another drive > > currently, oh and comment out the various other hard drives until I move > > them over later on (all using UUID's so "should" be painless. > > If you have created an xorg.conf sometimes you have to them move the > file out the way and let X rediscover to get X working. I'm not familiar > with the nvidia drivers but typically you can have multiple video > drivers installed with no issues as X checks which it needs when it starts. I'm going from Nvidia to Nvidia and haven't done anything with my xorg in recent times, its gotten good at Just Working ;) The only reason I'm thinking I should remove it because of the modules or whatever, might cause a prob? Though if its all going over lock stock and barrel I wonder if it would be fine, I'm not changing to ATI or anything. > If you know which is the best driver for the new graphics card, install > that first is worth doing, as it is always nice when it "just works". It will be the same driver I'm using I guess, Nvidia 195.xxx I think. > Probably wise to comment out swap, although if the other partition > doesn't exist in the new machine, or isn't a swap partition it should > just fail to mount it. Ok, I'll comment it just for the fact its no time to do and *may* save a prob. > Similarly if other file systems aren't found they should fail fairly > gracfully, but commenting them out may save a few seconds on boot. I will comment them out Just In Case :] > > Anything else that might help make things go smoother ? > > Pick a time when you aren't pressed for time - just in case? Thankfully I have no pressing engagements over the weekend, the machine should be here Friday (no doubt at 6pm after waiting all day) -- John http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq