> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Jim Streit wrote: > >> I have a question about moving RedHat 9 from one box to another. What >> I would like to do is copy everything from box A to box B, unplug box >> A, give box B the same IP addresses as box A and be done with it >> (temporarily). > > Typically you can just tar up your entire disk, move it to another box, > fix the bootloader and /etc/fstab, and the box boots. Tar to a temporary drive? or can I some how tar it to the other box directly? I'm using GRUB for the bootloader, would I just need to modify the grub.conf file or is there something else that I would have to change? > > If the 3com NICs don't have the same chipset, you might have a driver > issue. If it's the same chipset it should transisiton flawlessly. I > know several people on this list who are running a system that was built > 3 boxes ago, moved, upgraded, moved, upgraded, etc. Moving linux from > one box to another is usually a pain free process, I wish you luck. > > -Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list