[lug] MB Replacement

[Ben]

I bet you can avoid doing a fresh install. If you cannot boot with the
original hard drive on the new mb, get to a shell prompt -- either with
the ubuntu install disk or knoppix, or something. Mount your hard drive.
>From there you can reinstall grub (or lilo) on the mbr. Most likely
that'll do it. You might need to boot with a generic (instead of custom)
kernel. If you don't have a generic kernel installed, install one (I think
you can chroot to the your mounted hard drive from your root shell and if
the network is up, use apt-get... ).

Good luck,

Ben



Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>
> Date: Monday, March 6, 2006 2:23 pm
> Subject: Re: [lug] MB Replacement
>
>> Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov wrote:
>>> Over the weekend the motherboard in my main computer died.  I've
>>> just ordered a replacement, though not the same model.  Will I
>>> have to do a
>>> full install again (Kubuntu 5.10), or will I be able to get
>>> things going without reinstalling?
>>>
>>> Gary
>> Heh... the correct technical answer is...
>>
>> It depends.  (On a LOT of things.)
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> You're basically in a raw-metal disaster recovery scenario, and
>> apparently an untested one.  ;-)
>>
>> First advice:  JuPut the old disk in another Linux machine, back it
>> up
>> thoroughly, and then give it a whirl.