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    Move SSD with pfSense to an new hardware, problem?

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      slu
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      Is there any problem to move a SSD from the old hardware into the new hardware without reinstall?
      Does the installer do some hardware special things?

      If not, I would poweroff the old pfSense move the SSD into the new hardware and assign the network ports.

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        kpa
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        Usually there's no problem and the disk boots fine on the new system. PfSense is based on FreeBSD and FreeBSD unlike some other operating systems does not need to hardcode anything in the bootsectors such as the LBA location of the loader executable (something that MS Windows still does).

        One of the few reasons there might be problems is if the BIOS of the old system misdetected the geometry of the disk and the new system now detects a different amount of LBA sectors than what was used previously.  The other thing that comes to my mind is if the disk has been used in RAID array of any kind and the array metadata is still on the disk and causes problems with the new system that falsely detects a RAID array on the disk when there is none.

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          slu
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          @kpa:

          One of the few reasons there might be problems is if the BIOS of the old system misdetected the geometry of the disk and the new system now detects a different amount of LBA sectors than what was used previously.  The other thing that comes to my mind is if the disk has been used in RAID array of any kind and the array metadata is still on the disk and causes problems with the new system that falsely detects a RAID array on the disk when there is none.

          I do not have a RAID, should not be an issue  ;)

          As far I understand you if the system boot up everything is fine.
          I will try it in the evening.

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            slu
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            Works as expected  :)

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