New Motherboard PM9MS

Larry Shields larry at isp.com
Fri Jun 1 16:34:02 UTC 2007


Dave M wrote:
> I would like to move my Ubuntu (v6.06) installation from one system 
> (MS6368) to another (PM9MS). The PM9MS motherboard has a 3ghz P4, 1Gb 
> memory and integrated I/O (Sound/Video/Disk/Ethernet/USB etc). It is based 
> on the VIA chip set (VT6103 LAN, VT8237 South Bridge and PM800 North 
> Bridge) and the ITE IT8705 Super-I/O chip.
>
> What is the easiest way to deal with configuring the drivers for a new 
> motherboard? If I move the disks from one system to the other will Ubuntu 
> detect the new hardware or do I have to do something to update the drivers?
>
> I ran the live CD and that seems to work so I think the hardware is 
> supported. I would like to avoid having to re-install everything from 
> scratch if I can.
>
> TIA
>
> -------------------------------
> Dave M
> Davem (at) Mich (dot) Com
> Ann Arbor, Mich. USA
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>   
I'd just swap out the hard drive from one computer to the other, not 
hard to do, and Ubuntu will detect your hardware upon booting it up...

Larry

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