Power outage now my server asks for fck, what to do?

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 7 Jan 2021 18:49:52 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 15:35, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to move the system over to a newer hardware platform
> > without creating everything from scratch?
> 
> Just transplant the disk. In a 2010 machine, it is just about possible
> that the hard disk is EIDE/ATA, although I think very unlikely. If it
> is SATA, it should Just Work™.

With the possible gotcha of the 2010 being old school BIOS and the newer 
machine being UEFI, so you will need to select "legacy BIOS".

Oh, there is also the issue of how the BIOS configures the SATA: ACH, [BIOS]
RAID, or legacy EIDE/ATA emulation (maybe other options). 

> 
> > Can I just insert the disk in another PC and start it up and it will
> > find the things that need modification?
> 
> Nothing should need modification. If you clone the system to a
> newer/bigger disk, you might need to reinstall the bootloader, or
> install a new EFI bootloader. If you can, get a machine that will boot
> a BIOS-type system from hard disk.

Right.  For this, making a rescue disk or thumb drive is helpful.  I *think* 
an installer / live disk image will also serve as a "rescue disk".

> 
> > I can see these issues:
> > - Network adapter MAC address does not match (should only affect
> >   the IP it gets by DHCP, right?
> 
> It may, yes.

If having a specific IP address is needed, the DHCP server would need to be 
updated.

> 
> None of the others should.
> 

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