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[Joep L. Blom]

Steve wrote:
> 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, and Noop,
Thanks for the advice.I use nvidia drivers and in the new machine
I will use the integrated video  - maybe later I'll install an ePCI 
board, I don't meddle in graphics - and before I swap the disk, I will 
revert to vesa.
Thanks again for the warning,
Joep