Workflow for radeon to nvidia graphics card swap

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Hi @drmacro,

While I’ve never done this, I’d imagine it’s as simple as:

  1. Uninstall the AMD drivers, but don’t reboot yet;
  2. install the free drivers. Shut down;
  3. swap CPUs;
  4. boot up. (If it doesn’t boot enter a chroot environment and continue the instructions below.)
  5. Install the proprietary drivers with as per the wiki:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

If necessary:

How to chroot

  1. Ensure you’ve got a relatively new ISO or at least one with a still supported LTS kernel.

  2. Write/copy/dd the ISO to a USB thumb drive.

  3. When done, boot with the above mentioned USB thumb drive into the live environment.

  4. Once booted, open a terminal and enter the following command to enter the chroot encironment:

manjaro-chroot -a
  1. If you have more than one Linux installation, select the correct one to use from the list provided.

When done, you should now be in the chroot environment.

But, be careful, as you’re now in an actual root environment on your computer, so any changes you make will persist after a restart.