[gentoo-user] Re: new install for a new mainboard?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-12-10, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
> On Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:23:09 PM CET n952162 wrote:
>> I need a new mainboard.  What will happen if I boot my existing system
>> on it?
>>
>> If it would come up, what would need to be (re)emerged, as a minimum?
>>
>> TIA
>
> Unless you really reduced the drivers available on your system or
> you're going to a lesser system (64 -> 32bit, or something like
> that), I would expect the system to simply boot.

Many of us do "reduce the drivers availabing" to match just the
hardware in our system.

> If not, you only need a live-cd/usb/... and rebuild the kernel and
> any drivers your new system needs.

> It's not MS Windows that might try to load incompatible drivers and
> ends up with a blue-screen.

Well, the screen doesn't turn blue, but it's possible the kernel won't
even boot.

--
Grant