Hello, When I reinstall Arch Linux --- or any other Linux at all --- I often keep the configuration files in my home directory. I mean, for example, you can preserve the directory ~/.purple thus keeping your Pidgin configuration. So, what I suggest is that you do a clean installation and just copy those directories from your old PC to your new one. 2010/5/25 Vincent Schut <schut@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi, > > I'm going to get a new pc, replacing my now more than 5 years old pc. I > would like to keep my current arch installation, and hope to prevent the > need to do a full reinstall. I like the software I have, and I like the > configuration I have... > > Could I just put my old harddisk (which is relatively new and still OK, I > have SMART enabled) in the new pc and reboot? > > Both are amd 64 bit cpu's, the old one one of the first athlon 64's, the > new one a Phenom II X6 1035T (and my current arch linux install is 64bit) > > Of course stuff like chipset, network chip, video etc. are all different. > For video that would be no problem, I could install other (current = nvidia, > new pc = ati) drivers from the text console. However, I'd like basic stuff > and network to work :-) > > Could anyone give me an idea about the chance of luck for such an > operation? Tips, hints? Or would you just advise a clean install and install > and reconfigure all software again? > > Regards, > Vincent Schut. > > -- Rafael Beraldo http://cabaladada.org
