THURSTON ACKERMAN wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

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RJT>MMC> If this is a machine running Win98 or higher, it will go bonkers
RJT>MMC> finding the video card in a _different_ slot, and will practically
RJT>MMC> re-install itself!  Do that as a last resort only.

RJT>It's running linux,  which seems to be able to cope with whatever
RJT>I throw at it,  as far as hardware changes go.  I've taken an 
RJT>install that was running a P200,  plugged a 486 board into that HD 
RJT>setup,  and it booted right up! vice versa,  recently.  It loads 
RJT>different drivers,  of course, but all the functionality is there.  
RJT>I love it!

TA> Which distro do you find so useful please?

I'm running Slackware,  started with 4.0,  then went to 8.0 (I have 7.1
here but skipped it entirely) and recently upgraded to 8.1.  There are a
few things that I have not quite got working yet the way I want to,  but
overall I'm not doing too badly with it.  YMMV,  and if you're a
GUI-oriented person there are probably others that would be a better choice
for you.  Maybe the LINUX echo would be a better place to gather opinions
on this?  :-)

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