@Hal58 wrote:
I just completed porting a Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 from a Pi-3B+ to a Pi 4 (originally Pi 2 w/16.04 upgraded to Pi 3 with 18.04 then Pi 3B+). Here are the steps I used (condensed):
- If you have an old 18.04 installation on a Pi3 (or 3B+), save it and prepare a new micro-SD card with the latest Raspbian Buster install.
- Using some local storage (flash drive, external HD, or another computer's drive by reading the SD card) copy the following from the Buster install to the storage:
1)The entire Raspian /boot partition (I 'tar'ed it to local storage), 2) the contents of /rootfs/lib/modules (to get the kernel modules for the kernel version in the /boot partition)