How Do I Properly Move Boot HD to New Boot HD

colorpurple21859 · 10-07-2020, 03:34 PM

What are the specifications of the old system vs the new system?

MnchstrCityBlues79 · 10-07-2020, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

What are the specifications of the old system vs the new system?

Old
CPU Core i5
RAM 12GB
Storage1 1TB SSD
Dell Optiplex 3040
OS Kubuntu 20.04

New
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM 32GB DDR4 3200
Storage1 500GB NVMe
Storage2 1TB SSD (from old rig)
GPU Geforce GTX 1050Ti 4GB
OS Kubuntu 20.04

JeremyBoden · 10-07-2020, 06:10 PM

Would your EFI (BIOS) be properly configured with proper variables and associated "stuff"?
I'd be tempted to install (from the install disk) your OS and tell it to set up GRUB properly, as an EFI boot.

You could then adjust any partitions and run rsync over the top of it.

Note that you would probably have to mess with the UUID's in GRUB because they would be changed and run update-grub.
Also you would need to adjust your fstab.

Would doing all this be necessary or don't I understand EFI?

colorpurple21859 · 10-07-2020, 07:22 PM

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my main concern is getting my LXD containers over to the new machine

What partition are they located on?

remmilou · 10-08-2020, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MnchstrCityBlues79

I'll give this a shot, thank you!

Do not forget to adjust the mount options in fstab afterwards. It will work, but NVME can use some different options than HS's.