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Lesson learned... it took a few hours
If your Linux hard drive goes south, it's okay to temporarily grab another hard drive with Linux on it and just through it in the machine. It will basically work okay.
Just don't expect any *interesting* drivers you've installed will work. Or that the kernels will updated correctly. I spent a few hours fighting with the system trying to get it to work correctly, but no dice.
I didn't loose any data - just the capture system I had set up with an old, Epiphan VGA to USB adapter. It's outdated and the Linux drivers are supplied basically as is, but it was working until the hard drive threw a few sectors. Swapping in a different drive with the same OS but installed on a different system? Nope. Not going to work. There went a few hours of my life.
A complete reinstall of the OS, VGA2USB drivers, VLC and OBS for good measure and my capture machine was back up again.
I do have a back-up capture computer that's far older and crankier using the same OS... but I wanted to get my 4 core 8 gig system back up. I don't use it a lot; it's just nice to have.
To be honest, I could use a legit Windows 10 machine I *sorta* own with the Epiphan... but I prefer not use Windows if I can. Convictions make convicts and I spent some jail time fussing with my old Linux box. That's okay - lessons learned.
-m
Just don't expect any *interesting* drivers you've installed will work. Or that the kernels will updated correctly. I spent a few hours fighting with the system trying to get it to work correctly, but no dice.
I didn't loose any data - just the capture system I had set up with an old, Epiphan VGA to USB adapter. It's outdated and the Linux drivers are supplied basically as is, but it was working until the hard drive threw a few sectors. Swapping in a different drive with the same OS but installed on a different system? Nope. Not going to work. There went a few hours of my life.
A complete reinstall of the OS, VGA2USB drivers, VLC and OBS for good measure and my capture machine was back up again.
I do have a back-up capture computer that's far older and crankier using the same OS... but I wanted to get my 4 core 8 gig system back up. I don't use it a lot; it's just nice to have.
To be honest, I could use a legit Windows 10 machine I *sorta* own with the Epiphan... but I prefer not use Windows if I can. Convictions make convicts and I spent some jail time fussing with my old Linux box. That's okay - lessons learned.
-m