> I am thinking of moving my hard drives and my CD ROM drives (both) to a
> more advanced computer (with a faster processor and capabilities). Do
> I have to do an UPGRADE on my Linux to update what is on my system? or
I just did that. You needn't do an upgrade as such, but you might want
to recompile the kernel to take advantage of any new hardware or changes
that the new system will have.
For instance, I recompiled the kernel to take advantage of the new
hardware I was getting (such as the processor, video card, sound card,
which also meant that I got rid of drivers for hardware I was going to
no longer be using.) I also rebuilt X 4.0.2 to take advantage of the
new video hardware, since my old-old version of Accelerated X that I was
using to support a 5 year old video card was not up to the task.
I did all the software changes on the old system before actually putting
the new system together. Once I got the components, me and my brother put
the thing together in a few hours. I just moved the drives over to the
new machine, booted off the boot floppy, and voila :).
One caveat: I have a legacy (ata-33) hard drive that is my boot disk
and another 30 gig ATA-100 hard disk that has most of everything else. I
chose to keep both on the slower interface and not use (at least for now)
the ATA-100 interface. If you plan on using that interface there might be
a good reason for upgrading, as well as being able to support other
newer devices the hardware is going to have, such as USB ports.
> I am thinking of going from a Pentium 133 to a Pentium III system
> eventually and I was just wondering.
I went from a Pemtium 133 to an Athlon/K7 1ghz a couple of weeks ago. The
Athlon is probably the best choice right now, IMHO. It's such a big jump
at least for me that I probably will be able to hang onto this newer system
for quite a long time. If I just went to a PIII I might have ended up
going to something faster in six months or so. Of course, your needs
might be different.
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