[96613] in RedHat Linux List
mobo and cpu upgrade...sweet linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick O'Neil)
Wed Oct 28 11:15:39 1998
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 10:01:22 +0000
From: "Patrick O'Neil" <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu>
To: "redhat-list@redhat.com" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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Last night I replaced my p166MMX (oc'd to 188) and mobo
with an Abit BH6 with a Celery 300a (oc'd, for now, to
338 MHz). As I was told, upon that first startup with
the new hardware, linux did not care and came up flawlessly.
Win98 and OS/2, on the other hand, couldn't take it. It
took a while to get Win98 to accept the new reality (and
it required about 6 "Restart your computer for changes to
take affect" idiocies). I haven't tried (yet) to get OS/2
to run, though I am told it should merely be a matter of
rem-ing out the native HDD port driver and using a mobo
supplied driver initially).
What a relief, is linux. It has become my primary os
(replacing OS/2 in this role) except for games. It is
nice to have, literally, NO problems with the change
in hardware and NO need to reboot for this or that
change to take affect.
Just a bit of info for anyone who is planning on a
hardware upgrade and wondering about the effects.
patrick
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