[K12OSN] Hardware question where the newest K12LTSP is being used

Robert Arkiletian robark at gmail.com
Mon Dec 4 06:38:05 UTC 2006


On 12/3/06, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/3/06, John P. Conlon <jconlon1 at elp.rr.com> wrote:
> > I did leave out some data didn't I.  The AMD is indeed an Athalon but
> > all I really know about the Intel is that it is a faster processor and
> > uses the edge socket style what ever that is.
> > Thanks
> > Pat
>
> The socket type doesn't matter. Chances are you are probably using the
> athlon in 32 bit mode. So going to the intel will be fine. Most newer
> intels support 64bit anyway. This is one of the nice benefits of using
> linux I discovered when I first got into it. You can move hard drives
> from one machine to another without too much problem since the drivers
> are in the kernel. Try doing that with a Windoze box. Your product
> activation will choke (Geniune Disadvantage will fail) not to mention
> Registry and Driver Hell. That's when you would have to do a complete
> re-install.

I forgot. If the video card is different you will have to modify the
driver line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> >
> > Eric Harrison wrote:
> >
> > > John P. Conlon wrote:
> > >
> > >> My current server is  a home made affair that has a 1GHz AMD
> > >> processor in it.  I was recently given a newer box that has an Intel
> > >> 2.2GHz processor in it.  Can I move the hard drive from the AMD
> > >> machine to the Intel machine without having to re-install everything
> > >> or loosing my students' folders and files?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance
> > >> Pat
> > >>
> > >
> > > With processors, the only time you really run into problems is if you
> > > are doing a major hardware downgrade. Moving from a 64bit AMD Opteron
> > > to an Intel P4, for example. Or moving from a P4 to a 386 or 486.
> > >
> > > I would expect moving from a 1GHz AMD (32bit Athlon, I'd guess) to a
> > > P4 2.2GHz would work without a problem.
> > >
> > > -Eric
> > >
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Robert Arkiletian
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