Getting new hardware - can I just move the disk?

[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:25:02 -0700, "Bob" <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:

>> If anyone else reading this has tried copying a partition from an
>> MBR+BIOS PC onto a GPT+UEFI PC, do please speak up!
>
>I did this using the instructions at
>https://serverfault.com/questions/963178/how-do-i-convert-my-linux-disk-from-mbr-to-gpt-with-uefi
>

Well, in my case I cannot even get a live USB/CD working on the system so I can
clone the disk with GParted or similar.
The first step in the link above is to make sure you have a backup, and this is
what this discussion is really all about in a way.
You need to get at the source and target disk while unmounted, which implies a
bootable live system.

But I have failed 100% to get a workable live system going here.

And the servir is just that, a server, no desktop so GParted cannot be used
directly.


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden