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I've been using the same base-install of Gentoo since like 2010. Switched from Gnome to Xfce some time ago; new machines just `rsync` the stuff over. But when
by edoceo 4y ago
I've been using the same base-install of Gentoo since like 2010. Switched from Gnome to Xfce some time ago; new machines just `rsync` the stuff over. But when the root partition when from /dev/sda3 to /dev/nvme0p3 there was some switching.
Back in my Windows days (1990-2001) I was NEVER able to do anything like that; copying that damned registry. Had to make special files; apps would never work. It was a game changer to find a system that was as simple as copy the files to the new hardware.
- 5e92cb50239222b 4y agoI haven't tried this in a while, but Windows 10 can too be rsynced between different systems. Fixing the bootloader is a major PITA though, and I had to relearn doing that every time. Of course, it then spends half an hour installing new drivers for everything, but it is expected in that world.
- bombcar 4y agoIn the Windows 2k era I would do it, but it involved somehow tricking the system to think it was doing "first boot after install" and using default drivers for everything (especially the chipset). With some trickery you could get it to work (sometimes you had to preinstall the new chipset driver where it could find it. Wasn't worth it usually.
- seabrookmx 4y agoIt was only worth it if you had to deploy a custom image to a whole fleet of machines. IIRC there was a tool called "sysprep" you could run to reset the drivers, hostname etc. so they would reconfigure themselves on first boot.