On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Matthew Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 2:19 pm, Spencer Gibb wrote: >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Matthew Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Stick with UUIDs, for sure. They eliminate several possible headaches. >>> >> >> So, UUID's don't change with the new hardware? If that's the case, great! > > Moving to a new filesystem will change the UUID, but you're changing > everything else > anyway. (It may also be possible to specify the UUID when your format the > filesystem. > I'm not positive of that.) > > Remember, UUIDs are labels of the filesystem, not directly tied to the > underlying > partition.
I've done this before, make sure before hand that you have loaded the nessecary drivers onto the HD before moving it. Also it wouldn't hurt to boot into a live CD on the new system first and verify that all of the hardware functions as per normal. Finally if the graphics chipset is different for instance your old system is ATI & your new one is nVidia, edit your config files so that the blob driver doesn't load, before moving the drive, otherwise you are going to end up with headaches. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
