New Motherboard, using same harddrives?

[silverwolf636]

I am getting a new mother board and am going to use the same hard drives that I am using now.
I am jumping from a 1.7 to a 2G. Not much but is still may matter.
Do I have to redo my hard drives or will 8.04 Ubuntu 32bit identify the new system and reconfigure?
I am also upgrading the RAM from 1G to 2G.
Will Hardy 32bit access the 2G?

Thanx

[rbmorse]

Unlike certain other operating systems, every time a Linux, like Ubuntu, loads it checks the hardware configuration and loads the appropriate drivers based upon what it finds at boot time.

The user can modify this, of course, but in general you should not have any problems doing a motherboard switch, unless there is some specific hardware compatibility/support issue related to the new motherboard. For example, if the new board has a LAN chip or disk controller that isn't recognized by the Linux kernel you could experience difficulties related to those subsystems.

[mb_webguy]

Will Hardy 32bit access the 2G?

With 32-bit you can go up to 4GB of memory. More than that, and you need a 64-bit OS (and, of course, a 64-bit processor).

[silverwolf636]

Ok, great and thanks for the replies....

[Slim Odds]

With 32-bit you can go up to 4GB of memory. More than that, and you need a 64-bit OS (and, of course, a 64-bit processor).

Almost 4G, a little less...