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From: <bp@www.zefox.net>
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Subject: Re: Pi4 to Pi5 migration
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 18:24:35 -0000 (UTC)
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Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:
> On 05/06/2024 17:07, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>> What's the easiest way to migrate from Pi4 to Pi5?
>> 
>> In this case I've a Pi4 running from a USB mechanical
>> hard disk. 
>> 
> 
> Why not use an SD card as the system disk, booting OS + apps and reserve 
> the hdd for data?
> 
I used to do that, before it was possible to boot from USB. There's
nothing wrong with it, excecpt that it requires a custom /etc/fstab.
Since the appearance of direct USB booting on the Pi3 eliminating
the microSD gets rid of one thing that can go wrong.  


> The trick is to separate app installation, executables etc, from data. I 
> get that from using Docker containers. It's worth looking at Docker 
> because life is just so much easier, in the long run. Not only does 
> Docker separate exes and data it also tends to script setup/config 
> making changes easier.

All the stuff I'll need to carry over from one install to the next
is in my home directory, Docker is overkill, I think....

Thanks for writing!

bob prohaska