red Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I have a 2005 LE box set up as a firewall/router currently with a P2 450 on an intel based MB. I acquired an Athlon 750 with VIA chipset and wondered if I will run into any problems just swapping the hardware out. Is there a different kernel for the Athlon? Will the os configure itself for the new chipset etc? Will a reinstall resolve any issues I encounter or do I need to start from scratch? Thanks in advance for the input. RED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buccaneer Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 as the athlon and intel shipset use slightly different machine code putting the Athlon chip in will require a kernel upgrade. it will require starting from scratch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Actually, you can manage this successfully by reinstaling and selecting "upgrade". This is one case where an upgrade is useful. There is no need to reformat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I would probably reinstall, not because the upgrade won't work, it probably will but its also likely to leave a few ghosts behind in terms of hardware etc. Their might be no probs but if there is the 1% of problem could end up taking a lot of sorting out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 actually, as all mandriva distributions are compiled for 386/x86 architecture you can easily go from intel to amd, or really any changes within the 386/x86 architecture, without need for reinstall or upgrade. during bootup it should detect any changes and reconfigure what modules need to be loaded, etc. i've done this with earlier mandriva/mandrake releases without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 actually, as all mandriva distributions are compiled for 386/x86 architecture you can easily go from intel to amd, or really any changes within the 386/x86 architecture, without need for reinstall or upgrade. during bootup it should detect any changes and reconfigure what modules need to be loaded, etc. i've done this with earlier mandriva/mandrake releases without a problem. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Probably you are right, I guess it depends what the OP has to loose in terms of configs etc. My worry would be that a device might get left as a ghost and proove hard to fix but I guess the option of a full install is always there anyway! (only half an hour to waste) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I386? The packages all say that they are compiled for i586 architecture, tyme. :unsure: Anyway, the P2 and Athlon both work with the same kernel afaik. You can try to boot the machine and if it runs into problems, you can still choose Ix's upgrade method or a clean install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 :lol: The only useful function for the upgrade option is this particular circumstance. Otherwise, upgrade is really quite worthless. What tyme says is true, as far as Mandriva working with chipsets. I made a suggestion that avoids "play time" and just gets it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Thanks for all the replies. This thread can be considered solved or closed. RED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) Yes, tyme is correct, you need not do anything. I went from an Celeron 600/Intel 8210 to and AthlonXP 1900/VIA K7 without doing anything or having any problems. The upgrade option would be for something like a soundcard or videocard, but then there are other utils for that. The only thing I ever found the upgrade option useful for was if you fry a filesytem config or sys critical packages, or somehting drastic. It's about as useful as harddrake. You can try to boot the machine and if it runs into problems, you can still choose Ix's upgrade method or a clean install.That wouldn't be a clean install. I think you knew that, you just worded it that way. Edited January 15, 2006 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I386? The packages all say that they are compiled for i586 architecture, tyme. :unsure: yes, i meant i586, sorry. it was late :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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