[kwlug-disc] Raspbian Question

[Doug Moen]

It seems that the same SD card will work in any model of Raspberry Pi:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=197763

The SD card contains multiple kernels, and the correct kernel, modules and parameters are detected during the boot process.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/boot_folder.md

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020, at 3:55 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> Can you P2V the existing setup, then create a VM with the new version then copy your stuff to the VM, then move it all to the SD card once it's working?
> 
> At least do a dd... to make a backup of your existing SD card setup before you begin...
> 
> 
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 at 15:49, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 3:41 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> OK, maybe they fixed the dependencies in the new version (Raspberry Pi OS), or else the installer figures out what version of Pi you have.. 
>> 
>> It is the latter that I am curious about. 
>> If the image that is flashed on the SD card boots up an installer that checks which model it is on, and then installs binary blobs ...etc. then my intended scenario will not work (do the install on the older Pi, copy things from the newer one, then move the card to the new Pi). 
>> 
>> Bummer ... 
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