Re: Easiest way to move my installation to my new laptop ? Cloning the drive ?

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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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