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Hi there,
I'm gonna change motherboard + CPU on my computer soon. From A64 X2 + nForce 4 to C2D + nVidia 680i SLI. I hope I wont have to reinstall FreeBSD after that. Outside network interfaces and sound chip what should I configure/prepare before final shutdown to have no problem booting after the change ? |
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Architecture remain the same, i386.
But print sample of fstab is a good point so I can reorder the disks in case of. |
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If you use a custom kernel, you may want to build/install a GENERIC kernel before doing the transition. That way, it's pretty much guaranteed to work, and you can build a new custom kernel after finding all the hardware drivers/modules needed.
If you have CPUTYPE defined in /etc/make.conf, you may need to rebuild the world before doing the transition, if it's set to anything other than i686 or p3. A system built with CPUTYPE=athlon* may have issues running on a P4/Core CPU. |
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I have a pretty generic kernel but I had to build a new kernel.
Unfortunatly I dont remember exactly why but I will look in make.conf. Anyway I'm sure it was not just for optimisation and that I didnt set the CPUTYPE myself. |
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Ok, change made.
A64 X2 + Nforce 7150 Chipset to C2D + P45 Chipset. And the result was EASY ![]() All changes I had to make was select the right root partition under mountroot and then edit fstab accordingly and that's all ! Ok I must admit I cheated a little plugging the same network card on the new MB but, hey, that was allowed ![]() |
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![]() At work I have a hard disk with a FreeBSD installation, I use it as a ``LiveCD'' to fix PCs sometimes, the difference being it's much faster and that I can install apps, copy stuff to HDD if needed etc.
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I do the same, CS. I have one 20GB IDE drive that I use for this purpose.
In fact, I used to do new installs on my fastest machine, and then move over the disk to the target machine. They all have basically the same parts. |
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Oh one more thing.
I had a 6th sense using the old network card as the new integrated network chipset is not supported for now by FreeBSD ![]() The MB is Asus P5Q and Asus provides drivers for windows and linux only. |
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