Hi SLUG, I have a strange question.
Background: Last week my father in-law was having computer problems (as usual), anyway, through a course of different problems; PSU and graphics card. The computer guy offered to replace the MB? Very strange, for FREE! After that he got it home, plugged it in and pop! another PSU, fried the MB and apparently the MB. So he now has a new: MB PSU Graphics Card TV Tuner Card My Father in law has a lot of software and important files that he really can't afford to loose or go through re-installing programs. The guy told him a story that in windoze XP you can not just put an old HDD onto a new MB? I offered to call the guy, as I had done this many times when I was a sys admin at my last place of work. So, I called the guy, and we exchanged in "professional dialogue" and things didn't turn out too well. Anyway, I have since found out that he was right! (I am eating humble pie......large portion) and find this absolutely ridiculous. So....my question is..... What ever flavour Linux whether Ubuntu or Redhat or Fedora, will this be the same? Could I take the HDD (80 gig about 2 years old) out of my wife's desktop and install it into a brand new computer and still boot up? Thanks Scott Waller E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] M. F. W. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
