Getting new hardware - can I just move the disk?

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi,

you can move the old drive to the new computer. If you have anything
else to do depends on your Ubuntu configuration and the new hardware.

BIOS vs UEFI

drive order sda, sdb might change

systemd might or might not stay with network device names

drivers might or might not automatically get loaded or
automatically be available at all

Things like the above mentioned might or might not be relevant at all.

For example, do you use an xorg.conf at all?
Do you use drive names such as sda, sdb at all?

I for example tend to access drives by labels and use scripts that work
around systemd network device naming issues, but I'm using a xorg.conf
with dedicated settings. If I migrate to new hardware I likely need to
fix xorg.conf, but there's unlikely anything else that needs a fix.

As always, make a backup first, since accidents happen easily.

Regards,
Ralf