on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:36:42AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I've set up and tailored a terrific potato 2.2r2 + KDE2 on my laptop and now > I'd like to replicate this same installation on my desktop via NFS. > My question is: How can I copy a Debian installation from one partition of my > laptop to another of my desktop? > (I had a go at with "cp -R -d --target-directory=/mydir files", modified > fstab, but, even if it works, from time to time UID problems emerge) > Vittorio
Better to go through a proper installation. Cloning a system is best
done on identical hardware.
You can simplify the process by:
- Install _just_ the base system on the laptop.
- Saving your current configuration with
$ dpkg --get-selections > file
- Copying your current debian package archive to the new system.
These are the files under /var/cache/apt/archives.
- Set the desktop's package selection:
$ dpkg --set-selections < file
- Run an apt-get update. Most of your packages should be fetched from
the existing local archive.
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