new system current ubuntu

[Steve]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:58:32 +0100, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl>  
wrote:

> NoOp wrote:
>> On 07/06/2009 11:37 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>>> I am looking for an answer to the following problem.
>>> I'm in the process of building/acquiring a brand new system build  
>>> around
>>> the AMD phenom II X4 810.
>>> My current system is an AMD Athlon 64 3000+.
>>> My question:
>>> Is it possible to put my current disk with Ubuntu 8.04 in this new
>>> system ( as the first disk) and then start ubuntu ?
>>> This system is now build for an SMP core (Symmetric MultiProcessing)
>>> while the phenom exploits CMP (Chip-level MultiProcessing) and I have  
>>> no
>>> idea if ubuntu when starting will rearrange/adapt itself to the new
>>> situation.
>>> Hope somebody can with more knowledge than I give me some insight!
>>> Joep
>>>
>>
>> Sure. I regularly swap hard drives in my test machines.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Jerry,
> As always thanks for the very quick reply (do you ever sleep??).
> So even when the two systems are completely different? ANd doesn;t it
> have to be manually adapted for optimal performance??
> Joep
>
>
Like NoOp I regularly swap disks from one machine to another.  The only  
area that occasionally causes problems are video drivers.  If you're using  
a proprietary driver I would remove it before swapping the drives.


-- 
Steve