THIS LIST ROCKS! I want to thank (in no order) Andy, Clay, Munir, Nate, Brian and Chris for helping me with options on how to move my system from box A to box B. The switch is done and works great. I did my mounts, made some copies (took most of the time), made the grub changes, then the first re-boot redhat detected different controller, nic and usb devices, and asked if i wanted to use the devices that it found and re-use the network settings. I said sure, rebooted a couple more times just to make sure, and now about 2 hours after starting I have the same system on different hardware. Sendmail, Apache, PHP, named, MySQL, rsync, ftp, my own custom stuff ... it all works. I'm stoked! Thanks again TCLUG List. Jim Streit > Ok, bad advice. Just booted up the LNX-BBC and it doesn't include a NFS > server, so I have to change my instructions a bit. > > On your current Red Hat box, install the NFS server and export / to the > IP of your target PC: > > /etc/exports: > / 192.168.1.25/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,no_root_squash) > > Now restart NFSD. /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart would do it on a > Debian box, but on a Red Hat box it won't be the same. Again, shut down > databases and such. > > Now then, boot up your target PC (the PC you want to copy stuff too.) on > the LNX-BBC. Run trivial-net-setup, then /etc/init.d/portmap start. The > disk in the target PC will be mounted something like > /dev/discs/disc0/part1 on /mnt/rw/discs/disc0/part1 > /dev/discs/disc0/part2 on /mnt/rw/discs/disc0/part2 > etc. > > Unmount all these, mount as something that sorta mirrors what the mount > points will look like when the box is running: > > /dev/discs/disc0/part1 on /mnt/rw/target (this would be /) > /dev/discs/disc0/part2 on /mnt/rw/target/usr > /dev/discs/disc0/part3 on /mnt/rw/target/var > > etc as needed. > > Now you want ot mount your Red Hat box on your target PC: > > Create a mount point: > mkdir /mnt/rw/host > mount -t nfs XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/ /mnt/rw/host > where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP of the old PC. > > Now to finish it all up: > cd /mrt/rw/host > tar cvf - bin/ etc/ usr/ boot/ opt/ root/ var/ home/ lib/ sbin/ > initrd/ |(cd /mnt/target; tar xvf -) > > Create mount points for dev, proc, whatever else, and use rescue mode in > your Red Hat install media to write grub to the disk, and you should be > in business... > > > Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org > A password is like your underwear; Change it > frequently, don't share it with others, and > don't ask to borrow someone else's. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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