On 2025-06-28, whiteman808 <whiteman...@paraboletancza.org> wrote: > How does situation look in binary-based distros like Debian, Arch? Is > rsyncing old Debian or Arch installation to PC with new processor or > motherboard and configuring hardware-specific stuff sufficient?
I don't know what you mean by "resyncing". If you just swap in new hardware for a distro like that, it's quite possible that the initrd/ramdisk image used during early boot isn't going to contain the right drivers for the new hardware — and the system won't boot. -- Grant