Phil Meyer wrote: > > My job requires me to do this quite often. > > Others have talked about backup/restore, but the easiest way is to put > the old drive into the new system. > > On F9 > > In the new system with old drive, or on the old system before moving the > drive, boot into rescue mode: > > at the prompt: > > rm /mnt/sysimage/etc/udev/rules.d/*persistant* > /mnt/sysimage/etc/X11/xorg.conf > > exit > > > That will eliminate MOST of the hardware configurations, and they will > be rediscovered. > > You may or may not need to run system-config-display after booting from > the drive. F9 versions of the X server do not 'need' /etc/X11/xorg.conf > to run, but may need it to run properly. > > That is a 10 minute exercise vs the 3-8 hours for the backup/restore > method. > > Having said that, there may be valid reasons to spend the time, and > backups are ALWAYS a good thing. YMWV > > Good Luck! > Don't forget about rebuilding the initrd if the driver for your hard drive controller changes. (I had this happen with PATA controllers.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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