Hardware changed but Arch not reinstalled

Astroarch · 2015-07-03 22:59:25

Hallo guys,
today I updated my hardware configuration.
Instead of a ASUS matherboard now I installed a Asrock H97 Pro4, in place of a hold Nvidia card now I have a Gigabyte GTX 970.
I also upgraded the CPU (i5) and the RAM (8Gb).
I switched on, with the same HD, and I see no issues because everything works. Do I need to install again Arch-linux?
I also cannot see the boot view of the Motherboard and I do not know how to make it appear at the oot.

Thanks for your help.

WorMzy · 2015-07-03 23:11:50

If you have no issues, why would you need to reinstall?

On my ASUS motherboard, you have to press F2 or Del to enter the BIOS, then navigate to the boot tab (in advanced mode), or press F8 (in basic mode) to see the boot menu.

in place of a hold Nvidia card now I have a Gigabyte GTX 970

That is still an nvidia card.

Astroarch · 2015-07-03 23:23:17

Thanks for your answer.
I love linux!

WorMzy · 2015-07-03 23:39:44

WorMzy wrote:

If you have no issues, why would you need to reinstall?

I'm going to supplement my answer a bit, because this is a bit misleading -- even if you have a problem after radically changing your hardware (e.g. NVidia graphics card to an AMD graphics card, IDE to a SATA drive, AMD to Intel processor), you still don't need to reinstall. You should be able to boot using the fallback initramfs so long as a) your hardware is supported by the Linux kernel, and b) the kernel modules are built and included by the linux package maintainers.

If you can boot with the fallback image, then you can regenerate an optimised image for your new hardware with mkinitcpio.

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#1 2015-07-03 22:59:25

Hardware changed but Arch not reinstalled

#2 2015-07-03 23:11:50

Re: Hardware changed but Arch not reinstalled

#3 2015-07-03 23:23:17

Re: Hardware changed but Arch not reinstalled

#4 2015-07-03 23:39:44

Re: Hardware changed but Arch not reinstalled

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