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Re: Swap a good drive to another computer

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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?
>    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
-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez

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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

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