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thunderarch

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Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 1

Help changed cpu arch

hi all,
    i changed my pc from amd64 platform to intel platform, before i changed the platform i have installed archlinux on my harddisk, how could i reuse the system except reinstall the whole system?

  thanks for any advice.

lldmer

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From: Amsterdam

Registered: 2008-05-17

Posts: 119

Re: Help changed cpu arch

If you use udev en MOD_AUTOLOAD from rc.conf (to get the correct drivers get loaded), I think there shouldn't be any problems using the same binaries, at least to boot to shell. The drivers you need for a minimal boot should be available as modules on your pc already. For Xorg and other stuff you might have to install/configure new drivers (for example, you probably have a new (onboard) sound- and networkcard aswell). But as long as you don't switch between 32 and 64 bit, the binaries should be the same.

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