Getting new hardware - can I just move the disk?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:11:31 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:41:47 +0200, Bo Berglund wrote:
>>And the servir is just that, a server, no desktop so GParted cannot be
>>used directly.  
>
>But your server is running a headless Ubuntu 18.04, so an Ubuntu 18.04
>live DVD much likely does boot into the command line interface ...
>
>... however, do a test first.
>
>What do you see if you power the server up and down, by using the
>installed Ubuntu 18.04?
>
>Do you see messages? Maybe a cable and/or the graphics and/or the
>monitor is defect.

IIRC you can see the BIOS' user interface, so no test is needed :D.
Just use an Ubuntu 18.04 live media by booting into a console
session, instead of booting a desktop environment session. Don't use
gparted, simply use command line to run "rsync", or "cp -ai", or "tar"
or ...