[mythtv-users] Swapping motherboards (general Linux Q, perhaps?)

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 08 January 2004 09:54, Darrick Hartman wrote:
> --- Jim Jarrett <jarrett at rpa.net> wrote:
> > What sort of reconfiguration do I need to go through
> > with Mandrake (or Linux in
> > general) to handle this kind of hardware swap?
> > Obviously, it didn't just
> > boot up or I wouldn't be posting this.... :)
>
> I'll make a few assumptions.
>
> 1)  Since you're using Mandrake, you are booting into
> a graphical display manager and not just a text
> prompt.
>
> 2)  You did not modify/build your own kernel.
>
> If both of those are true, the only way it should NOT
> just work is if the graphical chipset changed (meaning
> now you're using nvidia graphics built into the
> motherboard instead of whatever else you were using
> before).
>
> If 2 is not true, the answer becomes more complicated
> as other motherboard features may not be able to
> function without having their chipsets built into the
> kernel.
>
> In any case, you might have to put the old board back
> in or use a bootable disc *(such as knoppix or
> mandrake live)* to be able to edit the configuration
> files.
>
> If the problem is a graphics problem, I'd edit the
> inittab (/etc/inittab) (or likely in knoppix
> /mnt/hda1/etc/inittab) and change the default runlevel
> to 2 (there should be comments saying what runlevel is
> multi-user with no GDM/XDM/KDM).  Then remove the
> knoppix disc and reboot.
>
> Without more details, I'd just be speculating.

Also, if your new board is nForce2, you should disable APIC in the BIOS, 
and you may need to rebuild your kernel without APIC support.  Some 
distros (like RedHat or Fedora Core) ship with kernels that already 
have this disabled; I don't know if this is the case with Mandrake.

-JAC