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Upgrade motherboard and CPU without reinstall

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Mar 15, 202639191 views
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I have a home server running Ubuntu 10.04. I want to replace the motherboard and CPU without reinstalling the OS. I read a long time ago that this would sort of work on Windows XP, but with stability issues. However, I have a hunch that on a modern Linux there shouldn't be any problems. Am I right?

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This should work fine overall for most modern Linux setups. Until last week's rebuild of my home server (moving from Debian/Lenny to Ubuntu/10.04 and installing a set of shiny new drives to rebuild onto) it was on it's third CPU+mobo combination and…

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