On Thursday 31 May 2007 15:45, jtd wrote: > On Thursday 31 May 2007 12:12, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > On 30-May-07, at 7:13 PM, Kamal Paryani wrote: > > > can i connect this hard disk to some other machine install > > > ubuntu and then put it back in the laptop and then would ubuntu > > > re-detect all the hardware > > > > worth a try - in the old days switching harddisks never worked in > > linux, but recently (actualy about 3 years back it succeeded - > > that too with redhat 9)
> You will face problems only if you install on ide and > then switch to sata / scsi cause you need a different initrd. Well actually you cant do that except by dd from an ide drive to a sata drive, and then try to boot from sata. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
