PIII to PIV upgrade

[Justin Bennett]

I've decided to upgrade the OS when I do the HW, make it as clean as
possible.

Robert Meyer said:
> I can almost guarantee that you will have some issues.  Typically, the
> system configures the onboard devices when it installs.  Mandrake and
> RedHat both check for new hardware on the way up.  Mandrake runs
> 'harddrake' and asks about anything that it sees as having changed.  I
> have never tried it in RedHat so I can't tell what it will do.  You can
> at least expect the system to ask about changing the config for anything
> new it finds and deleting anything that it doesn't find that used to be
> there. At worst, it will not boot properly, so YMMV (your milage may
> vary).
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
> --- Justin Bennett <Justin.Bennett at dynabrade.com> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have any problems with PIII to PIV upgrades? I'm running Redhat
>> 7.2 with kernel:
>>
>> Linux cheetah.dynabrade.com 2.4.18-17.7.xsmp #1 SMP Tue Oct 8 12:37:04
>> EDT 2002
>> i686 unknown
>>
>> The most up2date kernel from redhat. I want to swap the board from
>> dual PIII 700s on a tyan tiger board to Dual 1.8 PIV Xeons on a
>> supermicro board. If I just swap the board, RAM, CPUs, and powersupply
>> (PIvs have their own of course). The kernel should boot ok on PIVs
>> right? Has anyone tried?
>>
>> Justin
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> -------------------------------------------
>> Justin Bennett
>> Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
>> Network Administrator
>> Dynabrade Inc.
>> 8989 Sheridan Dr
>> Clarence, NY 14031
>> 716-631-0100 ext 215
>>
>>
>
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> Bob Meyer
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Justin Bennett
Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr
Clarence, NY 14031
716-631-0100 ext 215