Installing new motherboard with old installation on disk

[Eberhard Roloff]

Jean Gruneberg wrote:
> Alex
> 
> Have done it in the past, with a pc, only issue I had was with the 
> onboard graphics and having to reconfigure x-server.  Have also swapped 
> hdd into a new laptop and that was completely seamless.
> 
> Jean
> 
>> I need to replace a motherboard but want to keep the old disk installation.
>> What's going to happen when I boot up with the new mother board for the 
>> first time?
>> Will Ubuntu 7.04 re-recognize the hardware?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>   
> 
> 
Also have done it in the past with near to none issues. However there is
never a guarantee....

At least Linux was the one system that was coming up while windows on
the old disk simply refused to work and reqired a reinstall from scratch

regards
Eberhard