Re:Using the same Arch Linux installation for a decade
by csdvrx on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:40PM
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> How would something like this work?
Very well and very easily. You can do that even with Windows, even with different CPUs: I've ported my master Windows install from a Xeon to a regular Intel CPU on a laptop.
This laptop still feels like downloading Xeon-specific updates time to time, but every system peripheral is recognized in the device manager, and everything has been working great for over a year now.
For my next laptop, I'll do just the same: use bitlocker unlock, clone this Windows install into a larger SSD using Linux NTFS tools, plug the new SSD into the new laptop.
Very well and very easily. You can do that even with Windows, even with different CPUs: I've ported my master Windows install from a Xeon to a regular Intel CPU on a laptop.
This laptop still feels like downloading Xeon-specific updates time to time, but every system peripheral is recognized in the device manager, and everything has been working great for over a year now.
For my next laptop, I'll do just the same: use bitlocker unlock, clone this Windows install into a larger SSD using Linux NTFS tools, plug the new SSD into the new laptop.