My Experience of Moving Ubuntu 11.04 from One Notebook to Another

Rob Williams · 05-09-2011, 01:09 PM

Have you ever attempted to move an OS install from one PC to another? I am sure many of you have, and for those who are all too familiar with the process, you're likely aware of the headaches that can ensue. Different PCs means different hardware, and where any OS is concerned, the chance of a non-bootable OS is sometimes an all-too-real caveat.

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Glider · 05-09-2011, 02:08 PM

I am not surprised... I swapped countless of Debian installs from one system to another... Generic kernels ftw!

05-09-2011, 01:09 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	My Experience of Moving Ubuntu 11.04 from One Notebook to Another Have you ever attempted to move an OS install from one PC to another? I am sure many of you have, and for those who are all too familiar with the process, you're likely aware of the headaches that can ensue. Different PCs means different hardware, and where any OS is concerned, the chance of a non-bootable OS is sometimes an all-too-real caveat. Read the rest of our post and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

05-09-2011, 02:08 PM	#2
Glider Coastermaker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Belgium Posts: 139	I am not surprised... I swapped countless of Debian installs from one system to another... Generic kernels ftw! __________________ There Are 10 Types Of People, Those Who Know Binary and Those Who Don't

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