[ale] Is reinstalling my distro necessary?

[ChangingLINKS.com]

Ok, I have never done that. All of my boxes are of the same type of processor.

Drew

On Sunday 26 January 2003 16:11, Geoffrey wrote:
> As someone else noted, if your kernel has been optimized for a
> particular chip (pentium, amd, pentium 4..) they you will likely have
> problems.
>
> Your best bet is to build a new kernel that is targeted for your new
> chip, before you upgrade.  Then have your bootloader set up to boot
> multiple kernels.  You shutdown from your old processor, do your
> hardware upgrade, and reboot selecting your new kernel built for that
> processor.
>
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > I do it all of the time without any effort. Kudzu runs by default (on all
> > RedHats that I have tried).
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > On Sunday 26 January 2003 10:57, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> >>If I change hardware?  For example can I install my distro (slack) on
> >>computer A and then pop the drive into computer B without any
> >>detremental effects?  I understand that my kernel build will be specific
> >>(with any motherboard specific options); but is there anything thing
> >>that I'm overlooking (assuming my architecture stays the same (x86).
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance!
> >>-CB
> >>
> >>
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