On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Raymond Norton wrote: > Last week I had a mail server crash, so I set up a new Redhat 7.3 server > for mail and web. I have manually added the users, and was pretty happy to > resolve the problem. it now looks like the PC I used is unstable, so I have > to move everything to another box. Can I just pop the HD into another box, > and let it find new hardware? if not, I could use some info on what files > to backup and restore to the new box, so I am able to preserve users, > passwords, and mail. > I'd advise against it. If your current system is unstable it may either be or have effected the HDD. I'd recommend a complete fresh system, then use scp or NFS to copy your volatile data over after the new system is configured. -- Daniel Taylor dante at plethora.net