Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-11 Thread antlists
On 10/12/2020 21:18, n952162 wrote: On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: I need a new mainboard.  What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Is the CPU going to be the same?  The responses already cover the mainboard itself well. 

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread n952162
Thank you (all). On 12/10/20 10:53 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 4:18 PM n952162 wrote: On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Is the CPU going

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Miles Malone
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 01:49, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > Personally, however, I tend to use a new system as an excuse to clean up my > install and start from scratch. Especially as I always tend to pass my old > system on to a family member or friend. > It's also an excellent opportunity to do a

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 4:18 PM n952162 wrote: > > On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: > >> I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system > >> on it? > > Is the CPU going to be the same? The responses already

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread n952162
On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Is the CPU going to be the same? The responses already cover the mainboard itself well. If the CPU could change then you

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: > > I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system > on it? Is the CPU going to be the same? The responses already cover the mainboard itself well. If the CPU could change then you need to check your -march in CFLAGS for

RE: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
> -Original Message- > From: n952162 > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 16:23 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard? > > I need a new mainboard.  What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? > > If it would come up, what

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Matt Connell (Gmail)
On Thu, 2020-12-10 at 16:49 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > I tend to use a new system as an excuse to clean up my install and start from > scratch. Same here. Especially because I only upgrade workstations every 6-8 years. I'll keep my world file and cherry-pick stuff from /etc/portage but

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:23:09 PM CET n952162 wrote: > I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system > on it? > > If it would come up, what would need to be (re)emerged, as a minimum? > > TIA Unless you really reduced the drivers available on your system or

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Matt Connell (Gmail)
On Thu, 2020-12-10 at 16:23 +0100, n952162 wrote: > What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Best case, it boots and has some minor issues to work through. Worst case, it doesn't boot at all. > If it would come up, what would need to be (re)emerged, as a minimum? If you're building