Repair FC9 for new hardware

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> I had to replace a MOBO with a new graphics card and NIC.
> The storage controller is the same and the machine boots to run
> level 3 fine but its confused about the NIC (I know it works, I had
> a fresh install working out of the box) and X crashes the machine if
> I go to run level 5.
> 
> I don't have the time to re-install (all the data is backed up
> though) so what's my best approach for reconfiguring this box until
> I can cleanly set it up again? I have never done this sort of thing
> before so I am a bit in the un-know :)
> 
> FWIW, Network Manager is not installed, the module for the NIC is
> loaded, and the mac for the ifcfg-eth0 was changed to point to the
> new NIC. I also need to adjust the alias in modprobe.conf (forgot
> that, and not at wkst now) which may only leave me with reconfiguring X?
> 
> Thanks!
> jlc
> 
> 
For X, you can run system-config-display as root. As for the NIC,
you may also have to delete ifcfg-eth1 - the new NIC was probably
configured there.

Mikkel
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