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shimul

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Registered: 2019-05-12

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Compatibility between AMD and Intel PC's when moving boot disk between

Currently I am using all Intel computers, some up to 7 years old, some much more recent. I find that I can move my Linux boot drive between the computers and it works flawlessly. I have never had a compatibility problem.

My question is, will I likely be able be do the same if I buy some of the newer AMD systems, like Ryzen/Threadripper for example. Or is that going to likely require me to install a new Linux boot drive and all the software, from scratch, because it won't be compatible with the boot drive I created for my Intel systems.

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: Compatibility between AMD and Intel PC's when moving boot disk between

Welcome to the arch linux forums.  All arch linux packages are built for x86_64 which is fully compatible with newer AMD and Intel CPU's.
Edit:
Should note the initrd needed between different systems may need to be different as may be display drivers but that is not limited to newer AMD CPU's.

Last edited by loqs (2019-05-12 16:13:18)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Compatibility between AMD and Intel PC's when moving boot disk between

I think you may have to remove the autodetect hook from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and then regenerate the initramfs if you want to swap the drive between different machines.

See the mkinitcpio ArchWiki page for more details.

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