On Thursday 27 November 2008 09:55:29 Dirk Vervoort wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > At the bottom of this post is a description of my last attempt > > at 'cloning' my old system to my new machine. I put 'cloning' in > > quotes because it's not really that, otherwise I could just > > use 'dd'. The procedure left me with a system that seemed fine > > until I tried to run kdm. The system did this without complaint > > but gave only a blank screen on Terminal 7. > > > > Here is my setup: > > > > toshiba satellite 1135 with: > > 30GB disk > > debian etch > > lots of applications > > > > toshiba satellite a305-s6857 with: > > 320GB disk > > vista > > > > My goal is to install etch alongside vista (dual boot) and to copy > > as many of my applications as I can from my old disk to the new, > > as opposed to re-installing them from the debian repository. > > > > Any suggestions highly appreciated. My research on this turns up > > only examples where people are doing a true cloning via 'dd,' > > which is clearly not applicable to my situation because I want to > > retain vista and because of hardware differences. > > > > tom arnall > > arcata > > > > > > > > > > ************************************ > > LAST ATTEMPT, WHICH FAILED TO SET UP KDM PROPERLY > > > > I want to put linux on a new computer, without having to rebuild > > all my applications. Following are the steps I plan to take: > > > > Install a base system with the same network installer disk > > which I used for the source machine and without getting > > anything from the network. > > > > Copy to the new machine from old with: > > > > su > > mount /dev/sda3 /sD > > cp -dRvpu / /sD (actually, I copied directories > > individually, skipping /dev and of course /sD) > > > > The drive on the new machine is bigger and of a > > different brand. For the copy, the new drive is > > attached to the old machine as a usb drive. > > I guess there is a problem with xorg.cfg Try to boot the new pc with a > Debian live CD ( or any other which is capable to get the right native > screen resolution) > to compare xorg.cfg. > or run xorg setup program. But you have to know your video adapter.
Xorg -conf should find the right driver. Note the capital 'X' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
