This should present no problem. Mandrake has a gazillion drivers
pre-installed. I would try the video card switch, follow the prompts,
and expect the best. If the best does not happen, I would try xf86config
from the command line. But I would really be disapointed if HardDrak did
not handle this.
Lee
Phil Mattison wrote:
>Does anybody know what would be involved in changing a video card under
>Mandrake 9.2 without re-installing the OS? I'm hoping I can configure the
>video driver for a generic VGA adapter before removing the old card, install
>the new hardware and configure a new driver for it, like you would do on
>(the evil OS) Windows. I ran the HardDrake utility and it looks like it
>should be possible, but you never know with Linux until you try it or ask
>someone. I saw the video card I plan to use in the list of "X-Servers" under
>HardDrake. The fact they are listed as X-Servers rather that drivers makes
>me wary, however. Am I barking up the wrong tree?
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