On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 10:31:22AM -0400, Ed Gurski wrote: > Gary Waters wrote: > > > Yes, this is a newbie question...sorry ;-) > > > > I presently have an ECS K7S5A motherboard with an SIS-735 chipset. I'm > > running an AMD XP2000+ CPU. I am considering upgrading to the ECS > KT-600 > > Motherboard with a VIA KT600 Chipset: > > > > http://www.ecsusa.com/products/af1lite.html > > > > The Board does have SATA ports, which I will not be using. I will more > > than likely upgrade to an XP2600+ or higher CPU. > > > > My question is simple: will Fedora survive the transition and/or what > > should I expect in terms of results? > > > Just over 18 months ago, my main system was an old HP Pavilion (Pentium > II). I had been running Linux on this for about 18 months. This system > contained my DNS, NTP, Samba, Squid, etc... I think you get how > important this server was! > > When it died suddenly, I was faced with the task of building a new > system. I went to my favorite PC hobby shop (PC Microcenter) and bought > a bare bones system. To make a long story short, I had 3 bad power > supplies, so the last time it was replaced, I had them load boot the > system first. > > Well, the manager asked me what OS I was running. When I told him LInux, > he smiled and called on of his Windoze bigots to watch the system boot. > > system recognized that the hardware platform had changed (P II to P > III), and proceeded to reconfigure itself and boot properly. The only > minor problem I has was my swap space since I upgraded from 128 MB to > 512 MB. I changed that and the system has been running smoothly ever > since. > > So, go ahead and change the hardware, Linux is not as dependent or > stringent as Windoze.... This is true. And in the OP's case almost certainly a no-brainer, since he's staying within the same CPU family. But,... I once tried to downgrade from a PIII to a K6-2. Can you say "disaster" ? Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------
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