Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

From	David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system
Date	2022-02-12 01:40 +0100
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On 2/11/22 16:28, David Christensen wrote:
> On 2/11/22 12:34, Thomas Anderson wrote:
>> Hello friends,
>>
>> I was curious what would happen if I threw my server HDD, into an 
>> entirely new system:
>>
>> different motherboard, different CPU (Intel instead of AMD), Ram, 
>> video card, everything.
>>
>> I would like to upgrade my system, and ideal case, this would simply 
>> work. I think I have done
>>
>> it in the past, but with less variables. I have never done it with 
>> EVERYTHING outside of the hard drive
>>
>> being different.
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> 
> If both machines are the same architecture (e.g. x64_64/amd64), 


Correction x86_64/amd64.


> both use 
> the same style firmware (e.g. BIOS or UEFI), and both are configured to 
> boot from the same partitioning scheme (e.g. MBR or GPT), the system 
> instance should boot and you should be able to log in from the console. 
>   As other readers have noted, you may need to install/ configure/ 
> reconfigure networking, graphics, sound, and/or other drivers; and 
> hypervisor optimizations may be different (if you are running virtual 
> machines).
> 
> 
> David
> 
>

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Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@little-beak.com> - 2022-02-11 21:50 +0100
  Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-02-11 22:00 +0100
  Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-02-11 22:10 +0100
    Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-02-11 23:30 +0100
  Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2022-02-12 01:30 +0100
    Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2022-02-12 01:40 +0100

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