You probably couldn't do that in Windows at all unless it was a twin machine. Windows is keyed to the motherboard that it "Belongs to." Putting a new motherboard in a windows machine is a nightmare because the install CD's will no longer work and you have to call an 800 number to get a key or something to reinstall.
On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 00:33 -0400, James LaBarre wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Chris Knadle > <[email protected]> wrote: > > For instance -- right now I'm looking to put together a > portable packet radio system, so I want an old laptop that has > a serial port. I happen to have one -- it's a complete piece > of junk, but it'll run Linux /and/ won't be something that has > any other useful purpose, so I won't care if it gets broken or > stolen. > > > > In similar situations (where I had a machine I wanted to use for a > specialized purpose, but due to bad CDROM, etc), I would install to > the HDD using another laptop, then swap the drive into the machine I > was trying to set up. Far easier to do that type of trick with Linux > than it is with Windows <g>. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 1 - Zimbra > Jul 6 - Jul 2011 > Aug 3 - Scala - 100th MHVLUG meeting -- Mark Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586
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