From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Changing CPU and motherboard
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 17:51:58 -0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <103rufu$14bb$1@ciao.gmane.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6mdbkfs6ekfa4kpliqnyzegzkjdtu6y2pijrzqkkvt2hyihkcx@n2ifzei7xna5
On 2025-06-28, whiteman808 <whiteman808@paraboletancza.org> wrote:
> How does situation look in binary-based distros like Debian, Arch? Is
> rsyncing old Debian or Arch installation to PC with new processor or
> motherboard and configuring hardware-specific stuff sufficient?
I don't know what you mean by "resyncing".
If you just swap in new hardware for a distro like that, it's quite
possible that the initrd/ramdisk image used during early boot isn't
going to contain the right drivers for the new hardware — and the
system won't boot.
--
Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-29 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-28 16:38 [gentoo-user] Changing CPU and motherboard whiteman808
2025-06-28 17:33 ` Jay Faulkner
2025-06-28 17:49 ` Michael
2025-06-28 19:10 ` whiteman808
2025-06-28 19:57 ` Jay Faulkner
2025-06-28 19:32 ` Dale
2025-06-28 19:44 ` whiteman808
2025-06-28 20:10 ` Dale
2025-06-28 20:15 ` Michael
2025-06-29 0:33 ` Dale
2025-06-28 23:04 ` whiteman808
2025-06-29 0:39 ` Dale
2025-06-29 2:23 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-06-29 1:17 ` Jay Faulkner
2025-06-29 17:51 ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2025-06-29 2:19 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-06-29 7:44 ` Michael
2025-06-29 17:55 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2025-06-29 17:54 ` Grant Edwards
2025-07-01 16:22 ` [gentoo-user] " Steven Lembark
2025-07-01 22:58 ` Jay Faulkner
2025-06-29 17:48 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
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