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> From: kashani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:03 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using a Stage 4 on similar hardware
>
> Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
> > How much hardware leeway is safe to accept when using a source 4
tarball
> > for an installation?
> >
> > For example, I have 2 basic models of server one is a gateway
pancake
> > server - p4 3.0 ghz HT, about 512m of memory and 500Gb sata drives
> >
> > The other is roughly similar but in a standard case the processor
and
> > hdd specs are very close if not identical, but there may be some
> > differences in the boards as these are not specifically server
boards
>
> Assuming your CPU's are the same or you're willing to use the lowest
> common denominator it's mostly a matter of building the drivers for
both
> platforms into your kernel.
>
> kashani
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[Timothy A. Holmes]
Cool -- that makes life very good indeed -- as far as I know the driver
configurations are essentially identical so that out to be easy -- the
processors are identical
TIM
Timothy A. Holmes
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