On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:07:00AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new
machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move
the primary hard drive over, what's the best way to get the package list
straight?
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 15:07, Andrew Perrin wrote:
My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new
machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move
the primary hard drive over, what's the best way to get the package list
straight? Should I back
* Shri Shrikumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030714 07:36]:
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 15:07, Andrew Perrin wrote:
My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new
machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move
the primary hard drive over, what's the
dpkg --get-selections packages
and on the new machine
cat packages | dpkg --set-selections
Hooray for the useless invocation of cat! =) Why not this one?
dpkg --get-selections | cat packages?
Personally, I like this:
dpkg --get-selections | ssh new-machine dpkg
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:40:15 +0200, Shri Shrikumar wrote:
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 15:07, Andrew Perrin wrote:
My office machine will be replaced next month. I'd like to make the new
machine be pretty much like the old one. Given that I can't actually move
the primary hard drive over, what's the
There is a HOWTO written up on the general subject of copying a Linux
installation, and that's what got me started. You can find it here:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html
Tom
Viktor Lakics wrote:
I got a crazy idea: if you want to make 100 % sure that you do
I got a crazy idea: if you want to make 100 % sure that you do not
brake your production system, why don't you have an exact copy of
that system before you do an upgrade (or just use that system for
trying out things, which you cannot afford on your system).
I got a spare 2 Gig partition on my
Hello, Viktor. I'm a little mystified as to why you CC'd this to me,
but here goes.
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 10:00:54PM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:
I got a crazy idea: if you want to make 100 % sure that you do not
brake your production system, why don't you have an exact copy of
that system
hi ya viktor...
for changing root partitions
- change /etc/fstab to the new root ( hda7 ) you wanna boot
- rerun lilo
- make sure you can boot the old system ( hda8 ) into
single user mode just in case...
- reboot your box...
for
Hello,
is there any way to install on a Debian system the same packages
that are found on another Debian system? The machines are not strictly
equal.
Tia,
Etienne
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 01:50:30PM +0100, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
Hello,
is there any way to install on a Debian system the same packages
that are found on another Debian system? The machines are not strictly
equal.
Yes, you can.
Do in the primary machine:
dpkg --get-selections
Yes, there is. I don't remember the incantation but if you search through the
archives on www.debian.org you'll be sure to find some posts about it.
Something like apt-get selections... -chris
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
Hello,
is there any way to install on a
Hello,
Something like apt-get selections... -chris
thanks for the hint. I would have started by the mail archives,
but I didn't find out how to search them...
Cheers,
Etienne
Go to www.debian.org and click on the Search link. It does work, sometimes..
-chris
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
Hello,
Something like apt-get selections... -chris
thanks for the hint. I would have started by the mail archives,
but I didn't find out how to search
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 03:43:08PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote:
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 01:50:30PM +0100, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
Hello,
is there any way to install on a Debian system the same packages
that are found on another Debian system? The machines are not
I have setup a small Debian Linux system as a router, is there an easy way
to clone this? I.e. to create copies of it on similar machines. Ee need
them in pairs for WAN links between segments (EN-PPP-EN).
E.g. a small boot to an LRP* or recovery disk, and a tftp, or, ?
Now we have to take
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
I have setup a small Debian Linux system as a router, is there an easy way
to clone this? I.e. to create copies of it on similar machines. Ee need
them in pairs for WAN links between segments (EN-PPP-EN).
If you have all the packages installed on
Here is a quick way I do it.
lets say you put in a spare hard drive at /dev/hdc
make the filesystems you want on /dev/hdc (at least on for the / partition)
and leave room for the swap partition.
now mount your filesystems together off of say /mnt
now 'find / -xdev -print | cpio -p -admuV
» I have setup a small Debian Linux system as a router, is there an easy way
» to clone this? I.e. to create copies of it on similar machines. We need
» them in pairs for WAN links between segments (EN-PPP-EN).
»
» E.g. a small boot to an LRP* or recovery disk, and a tftp, or, ?
»
» Now we
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