Summoning the Wizard of Pi for help with swapping Pi 5 for another project

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Help with Swapping Pi 5 for Another Project

I’ve had my Pi 5 (8GB) running smoothly for about a month now, and it’s been performing great. However, I need to repurpose the 8GB version for another project. I recently picked up a Pi 5 (2GB) and want to swap it out, but I want to ensure I don’t lose any of the current setup (Unique Identifier) or data.

I’ve searched online and found some older posts about how to do this, but they don’t seem very recent. Could anybody provide any guidance on how to safely make the switch?

I’d really appreciate any help or advice you can offer.

Thanks so much!

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Just shutdown the old 8GB RPI5 ( sudo shutdown -h now), remove the SD card and put it into the 2GB RPI5, then power it up. The unique identifier should be stored on the card.

If the UUID is not, then you can get it from your FA page and add it to your new device.
sudo piaware-config feeder-id abc123…
sudo piaware-config -restart

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Jonhawkes2030

Swap the SD card per your recommendation and the new Pi booted back up and is sending and receiving like nothing ever happened.

Thanks

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