# Moving from Pi to Ubuntu NUC - is my plan sound? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [March 10, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-pi-to-ubuntu-nuc-is-my-plan-sound/15476 "2024-03-10T01:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![satsophone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/satsophone/32/850_2.png) [@satsophone](https://community.umbrel.com/u/satsophone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-pi-to-ubuntu-nuc-is-my-plan-sound/15476/1 "2024-03-10T01:01:56Z")
I want to migrate Umbrel with all data and state to my NUC. I installed Umbrel in Ubuntu. I have a fresh installation at ~/umbrel that is fully functional at the start screen (this demonstrates that I have the necessary requirements to run the specific version of docker-compose). Comparing this to my existing Pi installation, I believe I can shut down Umbrel, move the ~/umbrel directory elsewhere as a backup, mount the Pi’s USB drive to ~/umbrel, run ~/umbrel/scripts/start and all will be well. I could probably also mount the drive somewhere else, like /mnt/umbrel and do the same (scripts/start). Does this sound like it will work? ---
**Author:** ![satsophone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/satsophone/32/850_2.png) [@satsophone](https://community.umbrel.com/u/satsophone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-pi-to-ubuntu-nuc-is-my-plan-sound/15476/2 "2024-03-10T11:42:16Z")
I tried this. Umbrel started, bitcoind started, lnd did not. ---
**Author:** ![LNPLEB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f0a364/32.png) [@LNPLEB](https://community.umbrel.com/u/LNPLEB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-pi-to-ubuntu-nuc-is-my-plan-sound/15476/3 "2024-05-10T15:34:51Z")
did you ever figure this out? ---
**Author:** ![satsophone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/satsophone/32/850_2.png) [@satsophone](https://community.umbrel.com/u/satsophone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-pi-to-ubuntu-nuc-is-my-plan-sound/15476/4 "2024-05-12T21:35:48Z")
I think it’s fair to say I didn’t. I did a fresh install after copying blockchain to the right location. It still took days to validate so I’m not sure that was very helpful. I then attempted to migrate channels, but they failed to come back on (I now realise that I didn’t have tor set up correctly, as this doesn’t work out of the box). By the time I restored back to the pi, a few partner channels had forced closed on me. 2/5 will try again one day. ---
**Author:** ![LNPLEB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f0a364/32.png) [@LNPLEB](https://community.umbrel.com/u/LNPLEB)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-pi-to-ubuntu-nuc-is-my-plan-sound/15476/5 "2024-12-22T04:35:57Z")
check out this post > [@Transfer node from Pi to Ubuntu Linux Desktop, re-using the external SSD](https://community.umbrel.com/t/transfer-node-from-pi-to-ubuntu-linux-desktop-re-using-the-external-ssd/15179): > > Hi! Should be simple, but I can’t seem to figure it out. I have Umbrel node working on a Pi 4, been running for a couple of years, blockchain data stored on a 1TB external SSD. I’d like to move the node to a higher powered desktop running Ubuntu, but use the same SSD (just plugged into the new machine). First I fresh installed Umbrel on Linux, then realized my internal NVME wasn’t going to be big enough. So I plugged the SSD from the Pi into my desktop. It mounted, and I ran the /umbrel/scr…