# Moving from VM to Raspberry Pi 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-vm-to-raspberry-pi-4/2687 "2021-08-16T15:47:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daniel\_finans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@daniel\_finans](https://community.umbrel.com/u/daniel_finans)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-vm-to-raspberry-pi-4/2687/1 "2021-08-16T15:47:21Z")
I am in the process of testing out Umbrel using Virtualbox and Ubuntu on a HDD. So far so good, and I would like to go even further, depositing BTC and opening a channel or two. But my long term strategy is using a RP4 on a SSD. Will I be able to take my existing setup from PC to RP4 without closing channels and moving funds? As @Matrox so elegantly put it in [this thread](http://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-umbrel-node-to-new-hardware/2394): > “I would like to move my Umbrel node i.e. the nodes unique name and all its history & reputation (as viewable on 1ML) along with the full btc balance and also all the lightning channels and there balances (not closing them) onto the new hardware that I have.” Can I boot up the RP4 with Umbrel OS, copy / paste my entire directory from the HDD to the SSD? and be good to go? Or will this create a new “user”? ---
**Author:** ![Matrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Matrox](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Matrox)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-vm-to-raspberry-pi-4/2687/2 "2021-08-17T01:27:12Z")
This is a great question and although I haven’t done this myself, I would try and create a brand new VM ubuntu and then try moving the HDD to SSD like myself as a tester before moving onto the the RP4, I think if the new VM works then you would be go for the RP4 😅 ---
**Author:** ![daniel\_finans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@daniel\_finans](https://community.umbrel.com/u/daniel_finans)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-vm-to-raspberry-pi-4/2687/3 "2021-08-17T06:51:08Z")
Yeah, this could be done to test things, thanks. Im not sure though where in the file hierarchy the information regarding the user lays, is it in the OS-part on the SD-card (when RP4) or the SSD. Do you (or anyone else) know? ---
**Author:** ![Matrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Matrox](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Matrox)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/moving-from-vm-to-raspberry-pi-4/2687/4 "2021-08-17T09:06:44Z")
Hmm I’m assuming it will all be on the SSD, although I don’t have an RP4 I would assume you would use the SD-card to load the OS only onto the SSD and then all user details will be grabbed from the SSD.