[arch-general] motherboard change - strategies for saving current install?

[David C. Rankin]

On 08/13/2015 01:25 PM, Jens Adam wrote:
> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:43:24 -0400
> Aaron Laws <dartme18 at gmail.com>:
>
>> In BIOS, you can set SATA 4-5 (they're numbered base-zero) to
>> "IDE" rather than "SATA". I assume this means something like the
>> motherboard expects there to be a SATA->IDE adapter in there.
>
> No, that means you're setting those ports to "IDE" / "Legacy" /
> "Compatibility" mode.
> There might be another option labelled "RAID", activating the
> software/pseudo-RAID firmware in the motherboard's BIOS, but you'll
> want to select "AHCI". It's what everybody not running the latest
> PCIe/M.2 NVMe SSD cards should be using.
> Also, run 'lsmod | grep ahci' on your old server; in case it's loaded
> you'll have the least trouble switching mainboards because it's the
> most compatible standard.
>

Thank you Jens,

   That is another piece of the puzzle I wasn't aware of.

"We will all get dragged kicking and screaming into the future eventually..."

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.