On 3/12/24 00:49, Hans wrote:
Hi folks,
as my old notebook died, I ntend to buy a new notebook.
The old one has got a SSD drive, the new one an NVME.
I want to clone the whole system 1 to 1 to the new NVME.
In my /etc/fstab I am using UUID entries instead of /dev/sdX.
The new one then would have /dev/nvme* as entries (that is clear), but if I am
using only UUID, the question:
Will the UUID change at clone, even when the partitions are not changed in a
bit of size? IMHO the UUID will not change, but I am not quite sure.
When cloning from SSD to SSD this is working, but I have no experience when
cloning from SSD to NVME.
Thanks for a short feedback.
Best
Hans
If you simply clone the system from one hardware system to another, are
you confident that it will work?
I expect that the two different hardware systems would require separate
sets of drivers and configurations for those drivers.
Also, depending on the operating system and packages versions, you could
end up with a frankenstein system.
Will the two primary drives be the same, in terms of total hard drive
capacity, partition sizes and formatted/usable capacities?
Will the UEFI partitions on each system, be compatible?
It seems to me, to be making a mess.
I believe (and, I am no expert, and, this list will have much more
knowledgeable people than me, available) that it would be simpler, to
install the latest versions and packages of whatever you have/had on
your older system, on your new system, and, then create your partitions,
and copy data to corresponding partitions.
What you are intending to do, reminds me of a movie that I once watched,
named Pet Semetary (sic).
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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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