New processor requires the full re-installation of Fedora?

[Brian Chadwick]

tomhorsley at adelphia.net wrote:
>> I am going to replace the processor and the motherboard of my
>> computer, but I will keep all hard-drives where FC5 is installed. The
>> new processor is an Intel P4 Dual Core and a new kernel (the smp one)
>> has to be installed. My question is: have I to install the entire FC5
>> or it suffices to install only the smp kernel?
>>     
>
> It may work, or it may not - it depends :-).
>
> If the new motherboard requires any new kernel modules you may not be able
> to boot the old kernel because the required modules are missing from the
> initrd image of the old boot partition. You can probably update the initrd
> image somehow from a rescue mode boot, but I'm not expert on just how
> to do that.
>
>   
you will have no problem at all ... just install the new kernel