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  • Re: Swap a good drive to another computer

    From Roberto =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=2E_S=E1nch@21:1/5 to Tom Browder on Thu Nov 28 13:00:01 2024
    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. S�nchez

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Tom Browder on Thu Nov 28 13:00:01 2024
    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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  • From Lists@21:1/5 to Tom Browder on Thu Nov 28 13:20:01 2024
    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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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to Tom Browder on Thu Nov 28 16:50:01 2024
    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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  • From David Christensen@21:1/5 to Tom Browder on Thu Nov 28 23:30:02 2024
    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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