I have the opposite problem from most people changing USB boot drives.  I've spent the past month configuring a new server with a trial key, and now I want to move that config over to the old USB drive from my old server that has a Pro key on it.  Both are 32TB, and both are set as UEFI.

 

Trial drive: Cheap (throwaway) drive I found in the back of one of my junk drawers. Currently has 6.12.3 running.

 

Pro drive: Name brand drive that's been running my old server flawlessly for the last few years, until the old i5-4500 motherboard gave up the ghost recently.  Drive has 6.12.1 installed.

 

From what I can gather, there are two ways to go about this.

 

1. Delete everything out of /config (on the Pro drive) except the file Pro.key, and copy everything from /config (on Trial) except Trial.key. This should give me a bootable 6.12.1 system with the new config. Update to 6.12.3 and I'm running.

 

2. Delete ALL files off of the Pro key (except Pro.key, of course), and copy all the files from the Trial key, again, making sure not to copy Trial.key. This should boot into 6.12.3 and be ready to go.

 

Any ideas, thoughts, or comments?  Thanks.

1 works, for 2 best to copy only bz* files and changes.txt outside /config

Thanks for the info.

 

UPDATE: Since version 6.12.4 was released, I went with method 1 above. There was a moment of apprehension as the server booted (it's headless), and a huge sigh of relief when I logged in and saw the Pro registration.  I updated to the current version, and it's working well.

 

Again, thanks for the help.

Edited September 5, 20232 yr by MsJamie
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