[GRLUG] Self introduction and plea

[Steve Romanow]

George (Skip) VerDuin wrote:
> Greetings from Grand Haven on a really-cold evening...
>   
Hi, it is awfully cold this weekend.
> Here is my request: if moving a running system hardware-to-hardware has
> revealed any subtle secrets to anyone in this list, I'd like to chat.
> If I find nothing new in the next few days, my next approach is to
> rebuild the system from scratch...
>
>   
There is nothing intrinsically about linux that ties it to hardware. I 
had a gentoo webserver install that I physically moved must've been 5 
times, even changed arch from intel to amd. I just had to have the 
modules for the chipset and drive controllers available. You do not want 
to do disk io with the settings for your old motherboard. do an lspci 
and make sure that the modules selected are appropriate for your new 
hardware.
> My history?  The first computer I touched was in 1963 at school.  Just
> for grins before I began this mail I googled "bendix G-15".  The first
> hit was from a museum and there was a picture of the relic -- that
> triggered a few memories as "lab tech" and "maintenance man" in the math
> department lab.  I have used computer applications of many types on many
> hardware platforms ever since, and now in retirement I am my own IT
> dept.  I'm a registered PE [electrical] and my history is largely as
> user, a few years application developer [department manager], trainer
> for other users, and IT specialist for an SCO UNIX platform.  Now Linux
> platforms do everything I need except for Quicken and a few Media Player
> things.  That keeps windoz in my coop.  My Linux intro was Red Hat 6 in
> 2000(+/-) and it has been a terrific hit.
>
>   
Cool, neat experience. Did you see we are getting together this Thursday 
in Caledonia?

Steve