On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 08:42, Adrian Robertson wrote: > On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 08:30:18 +1300 > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:47, David J Porter wrote: > > > Is it possible to install on another machine with the HDD connected > > > in that machine and then simply swap the HDD to the target machine > > > and just have it work? > > > > If the machines are absolutely identical fine, otherwise, sadly, no. > > > > -- > > Sincerely etc., > > Christopher Sawtell > > This can't be so since i have done this myself before. > I remember installing redhat7.0 for my old 486 by putting the 540mb hd > into a k62-450 and then swapping the hd back. > The 486 didn't have a CD-Rom drive. > This worked for me at the time.
You were lucky. Consider the possibilities of different video cards, sound cards, and modems or network interface cards. To say nothing of different processor. Set up linux on a new PIII because it's quick and then put the card into an old '486 and see how far you get. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
