Hello, my RPi 3 B accidentally fell and the sd card reader slot is broken. I run hassio on it. I am considering purchasing a newer rpi 4 but I’m wondering if I can just insert the sd card in the pi4 and will it work fine or should I first do the hassio install and than load the full backup?
Thanks
No, you’ll need to do a fresh install of Home Assistant OS and restore a backup.
Take the opportunity to switch to using an SSD (on a powered USB hub) to remove the problems of SD cards failing without warning.
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Nope, won’t go. You have to fresh install HA, hardware is too different between two Pi’s.
But, Pi4 will be nice speed boost though… (if you manage to find it…)
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Investigate second hand thin clients, more power, far cheaper and you can get them. Unless you already have the pi4
You’ll better off with a new/used RPI3B, because the RPi4 prices are bonkers. Or take it as an opportunity to switch to x86 (if you don’t need GPIO).