Transferring existing install from raspberry pi 1 to 2

Help and Support
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Hi guys.

My Mrs got me a rasp2 for my birthday. I’ve already got my rasbp1 set up exactly how I want it.
It’s running raspbmc version (raspbmc-2014-11-24.img) - is there a way I can simply copy this to my new pi?

Any help appreciated.

2

Short answer is NO - the Pi1 and Pi2 are different hardware, and need different OS images.
Derek

3

Raspbmc is incompatible with Pi2. You are going to have to install OSMC.

4

… but you can first back up all your personal settings and configurations from RPi1, and then apply them to the new install on the RPi2

5

That’s not going to be recommended when moving from Raspbmc with Helix to OSMC with Isengard. There are a considerable amount of significant changes between the two.

6

Thanks everyone for the advice, much appreciated.

do you guys know if I can get Transmission on OSMC? That’s the only reason I haven’t started again

7

Yes in the app store