Try that on a windows machine, lol On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 22:20, Jim Streit wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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