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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 02:49:54AM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> > Personally, I think all you need to do is to ensure that the kernel |
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> > has all the drivers it needs to speak to the new mobo. Other members |
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> > of the @world set relies on the drivers in the kernel. |
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> > But I don't use any GUI or audio; if you're using a GUI and/or audio, |
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> > you might also have to re-emerge the relevant bits. |
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> > BSTS: just re-emerge @world :-) |
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> > |
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> It uses the same audio chip so that should be OK but that is something |
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> that I hadn't thought of tho. I have a seperate video card which will |
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> be moving over as well. So that *should* work. We hope. |
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> I'm hoping this will be as painless as I hope it will be. I just got to |
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> remember how to hook the drivers up. Especially the first one. I |
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> certainly want sda to be correct. ;-) |
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> Thanks. You thought of something I hadn't thought of. |
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> Dale |
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Run "blkid" on your present mobo, and you will see where your filesystem(s) |
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are located in regards to /dev/sd{a,b,c,d}. |
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When you plug your SATA drive(s) to your new mobo, look for labels on the mobo |
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to indicate SATA{1,2,3,4,5,6} or whatever. Generally they are going to use sda |
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on 1, sdb on 2, etc. What can throw that off is the ATAPI drive (DVD/CD). I'd |
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put it on the highest SATA#, at least for that first boot. |
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Also look at your /var/log/dmesg output. NB: "less /var/log/dmesg" is NOT the |
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same as "dmesg". Do the former and it will show you only that part from boot |
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to Linux login (or whatever). |
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As previously stated, be sure to have all the drivers you need built into your |
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new kernel. You may or may not be able to ascertain that w/out the board in |
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your possession. You can look it up by make/model on |
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http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ but they are using an old kernel, therefore, |
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caveat emptor. One way you can check that is to boot with SystemRescueCd |
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first, select their kernel version closest to the one you'll be using, and run |
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"lspci -k" from it. If you don't have something you need in your kernel, go |
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ahead and chroot into the new system. |
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I've moved stuff around like this...sold the wife's computer sans hard drive a |
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few weeks ago, and it booted fine. So long as you have the new board's / fs |
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and it's controller built into the new kernel, you'll get into the system. |
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From there you can "make nconfig" on the running kernel and change/add |
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whatever you missed. |
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Don't forget that grub (if you use it for bootloader, not just fishing), has |
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an editable line when you boot up. So if /dev/sda1 is not valid, edit it and |
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try booting with /dev/sd{b,c,d}1 or whatever until you get it. Then once |
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you're into the system, you can change it. |
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Trivial, Homie! Call if you need help...you have my number. :-) |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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A: Top-posting. |
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