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860lacov

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[SOLVED] Transferring Arch from Intel to AMD notebook

I'm planning to transfer my system from a laptop with an Intel processor to one with an AMD processor. In systemd boot, I'll change the microcode from Intel to AMD. I also intend to remove packages related to Intel graphics and video acceleration and install those associated with AMD.

I recall that during the initial system installation, I had to load modules in mkinitcpio.conf (MODULES=(crc32c-intel vmd)). I assume these won't be necessary anymore.

I'm quite sure that I had to install something related to sound after the system installation because it wouldn't boot without it. Unfortunately, I can't remember what it was. How can I check this? The only clue I have is that my current processor is an Intel 1165G, and on laptop case there is a label DTS. It seems to me that what I installed was related to DTS. Can you suggest how to search for it? Commands like "pacman -Qs dts" didn't help.

Additionally, I'll, of course, reconfigure fstab.

Currently, I'm using an encrypted disk with a btrfs file system. I plan to use "btrfs send/receive" to transfer data.

Could you please provide some guidance on what other steps I can take to ensure a smooth disk transfer?

Last edited by 860lacov (2023-10-15 18:33:11)

kermit63

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Re: [SOLVED] Transferring Arch from Intel to AMD notebook

You probably installed intel-ucode, which you need to change to the amd equivalent.

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860lacov

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Re: [SOLVED] Transferring Arch from Intel to AMD notebook

You probably installed intel-ucode, which you need to change to the amd equivalent.

That's what I meant with microcode

860lacov

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Re: [SOLVED] Transferring Arch from Intel to AMD notebook

Well. Success.
With 2 little problems.

1.
I have a password encrypted drive. On the screen where I'm asked about the password at the top of the screen there is:

Oct 10 00:06:49 archlinux kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.MHSP], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20230331/dswload2-326)
Oct 10 00:06:49 archlinux kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20230331/psobject-220)

Could you help me with that?

And

2.
During bootloader reinstall I had a problem with:

! Mount point '/boot' which backs the random seed file is world accessible, which is a security hole! !
! Random seed file '/boot/loader/random-seed' is world accessible, which is a security hole! !

But this helped:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=287790

But just to be sure. Is that correct?:

# /dev/nvme0n1p1 LABEL=EFI
UUID=CC93-CFEB          /boot           vfat            rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro        0 2

stat /boot
  File: /boot
  Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 259,1   Inode: 1           Links: 4
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
Modify: 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
Change: 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
 Birth: 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100

stat *
  File: entries
  Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 259,1   Inode: 7           Links: 2
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2023-10-09 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
Modify: 2023-10-09 22:07:46.000000000 +0200
Change: 2023-10-09 22:07:46.000000000 +0200
 Birth: 2023-10-09 21:08:46.540000000 +0200
  File: entries.srel
  Size: 6               Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 259,1   Inode: 24          Links: 1
Access: (0700/-rwx------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2023-10-09 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
Modify: 2023-10-09 23:39:42.000000000 +0200
Change: 2023-10-09 23:39:42.000000000 +0200
 Birth: 2023-10-09 23:39:43.700000000 +0200
  File: loader.conf
  Size: 30              Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 259,1   Inode: 6           Links: 1
Access: (0700/-rwx------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2023-10-09 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
Modify: 2023-10-09 23:39:42.000000000 +0200
Change: 2023-10-09 23:39:42.000000000 +0200
 Birth: 2023-10-09 23:39:43.660000000 +0200
  File: random-seed
  Size: 32              Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 259,1   Inode: 5           Links: 1
Access: (0700/-rwx------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2023-10-09 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
Modify: 2023-10-10 00:07:16.000000000 +0200
Change: 2023-10-10 00:07:16.000000000 +0200
 Birth: 2023-10-10 00:07:16.160000000 +0200

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Transferring Arch from Intel to AMD notebook

ACPI errors are common and the only thing that can actually fix them is an UEFI/firmware update. The rest looks ok.

860lacov

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Re: [SOLVED] Transferring Arch from Intel to AMD notebook

So if someone would have to do the transition I described in the first post, then I can tell that it was quite a smooth experience.
As for the question about sound related package.
In Acer Spin 5 I had to install sof-firmware package. It was some time ago but I remember that system didn't boot without that.