henkoegema
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sd card in Raspberry pi Zero-W ?

Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:54 pm

Can a sd card from a Raspberry Pi 2 be swapped into a Raspberry PI Zero-W ?

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Re: sd card in Raspberry pi Zero-W ?

Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:00 pm

Yes, as long as it is sufficiently up to date.

Do an update/upgrade in the Pi2 first:

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sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Shutdown, wait, power off, move the SDCard, and it should "just work" in the Pi0W.
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Re: sd card in Raspberry pi Zero-W ?

Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:02 pm

henkoegema wrote:Can a sd card from a Raspberry Pi 2 be swapped into a Raspberry PI Zero-W ?

Yes as long as you have a recent OS image. If not then you will need to update your OS image with:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Unless specified otherwise my response is based on the latest and fully updated RPiOS Buster w/ Desktop OS.

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