On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 07:10:33PM -0600, Brent Harding wrote: > Do I really need to reformat? Or can I just reinstall? It must just be that I don't understand what you mean by "need to reformat"? If you are replacing motherboard then you usualy do not need to reformat etc. If you replace CD drive then it should be recognized by most generic kernels. > the place I get my system serviced and where I got it may not seem to know > much. I discovered when they stuck a new CD drive in when my old one quit, > the new hardware messages came up when it was booted at home for the first > time, the strange sound I haven't got in quite awhile know came through the > internal speaker that normally only beeps out the self test on boot. > At 01:00 PM 12/13/01 -0800, you wrote: > >keeping old ISA based peripherals and interfaces around is not an issue > >yet. New motherboards still come with ISA bus. Depending on your computer > >case you can choose betwen ATX style and older PC AT style motherboards > >and power supplies. In case you want to upgrade or need to replace the > >motherboard because of HW problems, I would suggest to migrate to ATX > >style systems to keep you up to date for the next 5 to 10 years. ... the rest deleted -- Rafael