On 20/11/18 13:12, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:51 PM Andrew Lowe <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>> Dear all,
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> I've done this exact same scenario two or three times by now. However, I
> don't recompile anything, I just rsync the old drive into the new one,
> and then I chroot (or, more often, I systemd-nspawn) into it and update
> the old configuration where necesary. Unless you change from Intel to
> AMD it should be fine (and even then it could be fine, depending on your
> CFLAGS).
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> Also, have a live USB around to boot into it for emergencies.
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> Regards.
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> Dr. Canek Peláez Valdés
> Profesor de Carrera Asociado C
> Departamento de Matemáticas
> Facultad de Ciencias
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Canek,
Thanks for the reply. I've fiddled & "optimised" the old install enough
that I want a fresh start so will be compiling. I'm going older AMD to
newer AMD and always have a stick with SysRescue on it within easy reach.
Hopefully all goes well,
Andrew
