Hi all, I’m switching motherboards. No dGPU. Going from an Intel MB to an AMD one. I have my root partition on an nvme and the home one on a 2.5" sata. Do I need to reinstall, or can I just move the drives from the old MB to the new one without a problem? Figured since both Intel and AMD drivers are both baked into the kernel out of the box, wouldn’t it just work and I’ll only need to remove the Intel stuff? I’m running good ole endeavourOS with KDE Plasma if that makes any difference. Any insight is much appreciated
As long as you install the right microcode packages (or constantly update your BIOS, if your MB manufacturer is good at updates) you should be fine.
Any special config made for Intel stuff should also be removed, such as kernel command line arguments for the IOMMU, or sleep states, or Xorg config; many forum posts will suggest adding those to your config without much explanation, but they can cause trouble down the line if you forget about them.
MB is a gigabyte one. I’ll do what I can to remove all the Intel stuff. I mean, if it comes to it, I can easily reinstall. My home partition is separate on its own drive, so a reinstall shouldn’t be an issue aside from reinstalling my apps back.
You can use Timeshift to backup your apps + configuration and restore after install. Honestly it’s what I would do if plug n’ play doesn’t work.
Already got that covered with snapshots. I didn’t know I can restore those snapshots on another system. Is it an easy process? Like just move the time shift folders to the new system and restore from the app?
From what Timeshift tells me, yes. Just restore it on another system; however, I’ve never done it myself. I don’t see how it wouldn’t work though, as long as your not also switching distros.