On Fri September 1 2006 17:41, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Steven Stromer writes: > > Hi, > > > > I wannt to remove the 10/100 NICs from my FC5 servers and replace with > > Gigabit NICs. I've never had to uninstall a NIC from a linux machine. Is > > there anything I should do before pulling one card and installing > > another? > > Nothing. > > > Also, anything that I will have to do to get the machine to > > realize the gigabit potential of the new card? > > Nine times out of ten, kudzu will take care of everything. > > Your only responsibility is to verify that your new card is actually > supported under Linux, and specifically by the Fedora kernel. > > As long as the new card's drivers are in the Fedora kernel, you're all set. This will get the NIC working 9 times out of 10 all right. You might want to note the old mac address to make sure you can get connected, though. Dave -- I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. -Bertrand Russell in Education and the Social Order
