Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

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