Moving Mepis/HDD to a new system/hardware
Posts: 53
Hello,
i use 6.5 now with the system indicated below. I would like to know if i must expect problems when I move/plug my hard drive with Mepis on it to a completely new and modern enviroment/hardware (P4 etc.). I possibly have to update the graphic driver I think... And the rest? Will the system just run? Who has experiences with this?
Thanks!
LW
MEPIS Linux 6.5 RC3
DFI AK74-AC Mainboard
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 750Mhz
Geforce 2 MX/MX400 64MB
384 MB SDRAM (PC133)
60GB Seagate Barracuda
80GB Western Digital Caviar
MSI CD-ROM 52X
Mitsumi CR 2801TE CD/R
thanks
Posts: 53
Hi,
thanks. both harddisks will be unchanged. I will just plug them into the new computer the way they are. OK, good to hear that its just a matter of reconfiguring the xorg.conf! Thank you!
MEPIS Linux 6.5 RC3
DFI AK74-AC Mainboard
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 750Mhz
Geforce 2 MX/MX400 64MB
384 MB SDRAM (PC133)
60GB Seagate Barracuda
80GB Western Digital Caviar
MSI CD-ROM 52X
Mitsumi CR 2801TE CD/R
Mepis moves beautifully!
Posts: 101
Carlops said it all - I've cloned (Ghosted) Mepis from machine to machine and from disk partition to disk partition and it's always worked for me. Editing fstab and reinstalling X config should be the most you'll need to do. (Only other thing that caught me out once or twice when cloning was having to change my network host name in /etc/hostname or the IP address.)
This is one of the nicest aspects of Linux, and Mepis is particular, compared to Windows.
I think it works, but take
Posts: 2299
I think it works, but take care with the following:
- extra harddrive in the machine? Make sure the drive with mepis on it retains its name or else your whole file system won't be recognized. You would need to edit /etc/fstab to get it right.
- as you said, you probably need to do a reinstall of xorg.conf
Other than that, it should be fine. I changed a motherboard once, which basically is the same thing, and MEPIS booted as fine as ever.
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