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Hi everyone!
For a while, I’ve been using the surface kernel for my Surface Go using Fedora 40. The other day I tried to clone my installation with Clonezilla to put it on another old computer I had lying around.
It didn’t work and I have a suspicion that it didn’t because of the surface kernel so I’m trying to use the stock kernel instead.
After a few modifications, usinge uname -a, this is the output I get: Linux surface-go-fedora-de-guillaume 6.10.10-200.fc40.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Sep 12 18:26:09 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux
When using uname -mrs, this is the output I get: Linux 6.10.10-200.fc40.x86_64 x86_64
Can someone with more knowledge than me confirm that everything is back to stock form as I don’t know if the SMP PREEMPT thing shoud be there? Doe’s anyone know if the Surface Kernel is probably what prevented me from cloning my installation and putting it on another computer?
That looks like a normal kernel to me. The mention of the surface is the hostname which comes from
/etc/hostname.Exactly how does it not work? Does the kernel even try to boot? Tried verbose mode?
You might need to regenerate your initramfs for the new hardware, I think on Fedora that’s Dracut? That usually does include machine specific drivers that needs to be available during early boot, but just regenerating it should fix that.
Well I’ve tried again with a new image from my Surface Go that I’ve just created with Clonezilla. All I’m getting is a black screen with — on the left side without anything happening.
The computer I’m trying to clone the image on is an old Acer Aspire 5737z.
Well to be honest I don’t remember exactly how it didn’t work on my other computer since it was months ago.
I just want to future proof the ability to clone my Surface Go install on any future computer just in case.