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  Swap a good drive to another computer Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2024-11-28 12:50 +0100
    Re: Swap a good drive to another computer <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-28 13:00 +0100
      Re: Swap a good drive to another computer Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2024-11-28 16:10 +0100
    Re: Swap a good drive to another computer Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2024-11-28 13:00 +0100
      Re: Swap a good drive to another computer Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2024-11-28 17:00 +0100
    Re: Swap a good drive to another computer Lists <lists@nodatagrabbing.com> - 2024-11-28 13:20 +0100
    Re: Swap a good drive to another computer songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2024-11-28 16:50 +0100
      Re: Swap a good drive to another computer Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2024-11-28 17:00 +0100
    Re: Swap a good drive to another computer David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-11-28 23:30 +0100

#274949 — Swap a good drive to another computer

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My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues or
some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis.

As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and
expect it to boot up?

Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!

-Tom

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#274950

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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 06:47:44AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues or
> some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis.
> 
> As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and
> expect it to boot up?

If it's the same architecture, you'll have a fighting chance.

Things to look out for are X drivers for the wrong video card, things
bound to network cards based on MAC addresses, that kind of stuff.

Most probably you won't break anything -- but doing a backup is a good
idea anyway, if you hold your data dear.

Cheers & happy hacking
-- 
t

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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 06:59 <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
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> Most probably you won't break anything -- but doing a backup is a good
> idea anyway, if you hold your data dear.


Thanks, Tomas, I do have good backups!

Best regards,

-Tom

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#274951

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 06:47:44AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
>    My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues or
>    some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis.
>    As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and
>    expect it to boot up?
>    Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!
>    -Tom

That depends on a great many factors. However, the Linux kernel packages
in Debian have (for a long time now) support for what seems to me "most"
common consumer hardware. So, if you don't have bizarre/exotic hardware
in the target machine, I would say the answer is mostly "yes, it should
just boot". Now, graphics hardware may not be working optimally, and
things of that sort.

Also, if the OS install on the disk is configured with certain things
depending on hardware being present (e.g., specific MAC address on the
network hardware, specific USB devices present, etc) then those things
may break. However, you should have a sufficiently functional system to
be able to deal with those things.

Regards,

-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez

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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 06:59 Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> wrote:
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may break. However, you should have a sufficiently functional system to
> be able to deal with those things.


Thanks, Roberto!

Best regards,

-Tom

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#274955

On 2024-11-28 12:47, Tom Browder wrote:
> My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues 
> or some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis.
> 
> As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and 
> expect it to boot up?
> 
> Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!
> 
> -Tom

I figure it should be OK. I did just that recently when I bought a new 
Thinkpad (P16 Gen 2) and used the SSD from my old Thinkpad (P1) to the 
new one. There didn't seem to be any problem after booting. No 
modification was required. The system was running recently updated 
testing with a stock kernel. If you build your kernel yourself and 
optimize it for efficiency or space, then your experience will probably 
be not as good. But the stock kernel has the kitchen sink and all, so 
chances are you won't have a problem trying. It will definitely help if 
your system was updated not too long ago before you do the swap.

Grx HdV

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#274962

Tom Browder wrote:
> My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues or
> some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis.
>
> As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and
> expect it to boot up?
>
> Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!

  if you mean that you are removing all other drives from
the machine where the SSD is going to be plugged in then
you may still have some issues, but i'd say it would be
worth a try.

  you may need to change your bios or efi settings.


  songbird

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On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 10:46 songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
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>
you may still have some issues, but i'd say it would be
>
worth a try.
>
>   you may need to change your bios or efi settings.
>

Thanks, songbird!

Best Regards,

-Tom

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#274972

On 11/28/24 03:47, Tom Browder wrote:
> My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues or
> some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis.
> 
> As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and
> expect it to boot up?
> 
> Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!
> 
> -Tom


I regularly do this with Debian and FreeBSD using 2.5" SATA SSD's, 2.5" 
SATA mobile racks, and laptops with externally accessible 2.5" SATA 
drive bays.


Issues:

1.  I need to adjust the name of the network interface monitored by Xfce 
Network Monitor.

2.  I have a UniFi security gateway that provides DHCP fixed leases 
based upon MAC addresses.  So when I move the SSD from one computer into 
another and attempt to SSH in from a third (e.g. backup server), SSH 
complains about IP addresses.


David

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