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Radu Ursache | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3ddab33a great cover up! quick (dumb?) question: will I be able to just pop a raspberry pi 4 sd card into the new 5 gen and get everything working as soon as it boots? a drop-in replacement basically?
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Jeff Geerling | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @354783b1 Yes...ish. As long as you keep it updated—Pi 5 requires Bookworm (version 12) and has to have the right dtb file in /boot for the Pi 5 to boot properly.

I still recommend re-flashing though :)
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Radu Ursache | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3ddab33a so i should update the current Pis, fresh install raspberry os on the pi 5, copy its /boot folder into the pi4 sd cards and i’m up and running? 😬
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Jeff Geerling | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @354783b1 It _should_ be that simple, but you'll have to upgrade from Bullseye to Bookworm on the Pi 4, and that could cause its own issues...