On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 06:47:44AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > My main computer is acting strangely as if it has either memory issues or > some other hardware problem. I have not had any time to do any diagnosis. > As a quick solution, could I swap the single SSD to another computer and > expect it to boot up? > Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving! > -Tom
That depends on a great many factors. However, the Linux kernel packages in Debian have (for a long time now) support for what seems to me "most" common consumer hardware. So, if you don't have bizarre/exotic hardware in the target machine, I would say the answer is mostly "yes, it should just boot". Now, graphics hardware may not be working optimally, and things of that sort. Also, if the OS install on the disk is configured with certain things depending on hardware being present (e.g., specific MAC address on the network hardware, specific USB devices present, etc) then those things may break. However, you should have a sufficiently functional system to be able to deal with those things. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
