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| From | Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux, alt.os.linux.mint |
| Subject | Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? |
| Date | 2016-09-30 19:55 +0000 |
| Organization | "JJ's own news server" |
| Message-ID | <nsmfv3$jfi$1@gonzo.alcatraz> (permalink) |
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On 2016-09-29, Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> wrote: > On 29.09.16 10.09, William Unruh wrote: >>> Of course, you might need to do some adjustments in the new hardware. >>> E.g. if the graphics chip changed and you used a proprietary binary >>> driver like nvidia you should uninstall it if it no longer matches your >>> hardware. >> >> Does Mint use initrd? > > Yes. > >> If so that could be hardware specific. > > Only if you did manipulations. The standard Mint/Ubuntu/Debian installer > does not use individually reduced drivers in the initrd image. However, some drivers, and driver components are in optional packages; eg: firmware-nonfree1. So you probably want to make sure you have the apropriate ones installed before changing the hardware. -- This email has not been checked by half-arsed antivirus software
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How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Vaso <branko.vasiljevSPAM@xnet.hr> - 2016-09-28 17:26 +0200
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 09:26 -0700
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-28 12:42 -0500
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 10:50 -0700
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-28 17:50 -0400
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-09-28 18:44 +0200
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Vaso <branko.vasiljevSPAM@xnet.hr> - 2016-09-28 19:16 +0200
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Z <z@ajbchqjwrn.com> - 2016-09-28 19:20 +0200
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-09-28 21:45 +0200
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Alfred Myford <myford100@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-28 14:41 -0500
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-09-28 12:52 -0700
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2016-09-29 07:46 +0200
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-29 08:09 +0000
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-09-29 12:53 +0000
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2016-09-29 19:15 +0200
Re: How to Migrate Mint18 to another motherboard? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-09-30 19:55 +0000
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