[mdlug] Moving to a new box

[Darwin Weyh]

I like to use partimage that is on most of the live cd's (knoppix).
It doesn't care about disk size but will restore the partitions to the
same size.  Then you can use gparted to move things around and set
mount points.  I usually have my /home and /var each in their own
partition cause they are the things that are generic to each distro.

I use partimage even to restore the kids XP machine after they trash
it every couple months.

Darwin


On 12/8/06, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis3 at hotpop.com> wrote:
> Wojtak, Greg wrote:
> > My favorite method of cloning servers when deploying several at a time is to
> > build one, then use dump on each filesystem.  Then, I bring those over to
> > the new box or bring the drives into the original, then use restore, make
> > appropriate IP and hostname changes, and bam!  Instant mini-me.  I¹ve found
> > this to be even less time-consuming than using Red Hat kickstart.
> >
> > Just my $0.02.  I expect now that people will start informing me that even
> > the man pages for dump and restore say ³never use this program.²
> >
>
>
> If the hardware is identical (or at least the disks the same size),
> just use dd to copy the the drive image from one computer to the other.
>
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On 12/7/06 7:47 PM, "jack freeman" <freemancomputer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I am looking at moving my web server over to a new box but i want to keep all
> >> the settings that i have now. Is there a way to do this without reinstalling
> >> everything even if its all new hardware?
> >>
> >> Running mandravia 10.x
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Jack
> >>
> >> Aim: Souleclipse69a
> >> Yahoo: Pezman1016
> >>
> >> "cleverly disguised as a responsible adult"
> >>
>
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