Once, long ago--actually, on Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 11:28:09AM -0400--John Aldrich (jmaldrich@xxxxxxxxx) said: > Yes...but if your Linux box is set up with a generic, modular > kernel, chances are you won't have to re-install Linux, where, as > you point out, with Windows, you'll have to do a "repair" install, > at a minimum. No argument; just pointing out that the vast majority of the time, changing even a MoBo won't lose data and won't require reinstallation of any applications. > At worst, you'll have to try and re-install on another disk and > re-install all your apps and copy your data over. But that is the worst case--and it virtually never happens from changing a major component such as a MoBo or disk controller, as you'd posited, as long as the system was otherwise healthy. > Linux, properly set up, doesn't have that issue. :D A generic Linux installation seems better at detecting hardware changes "on the fly". Windows doesn't really check for major component changes when booting (although their licensing cr*p may check if the system successfully boots--it certainly does after a repair install). The repair reinstallation is, generally, only necessary to force it to select a new HAL (or maybe reconfigure the current one--haven't really cared to dig that deeply into it.) Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
