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> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: Moving files to new server
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas E Dukes <edukes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: CentOS <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 09:34:37 -0500
> Subject: Moving files to new server
>
> Hello,
>
> I am getting a new computer and am going to need to move the
> files from the old to the new. What is the best way to do this?
>
> Should I install CentOS from scratch on the new computer then
> move the directories I need? How do I maintain permissions
> if this is the best way?
>
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> If you install centos on the new comp, create users on the
> new comp with the same user name and user ID as on the old
> one(you can refer to /etc/passwd for UID).
> Plug the HDD of the new comp to the old linux machine Create
> a folder, say "NewHDD" in /mnt Mount the new HDD partition
> (where you want your data to be copied to) to /mnt/NewHDD Use
> the cp command as root with --preserve[=ATTR_LIST] option to
> copy the files from their old(old HDD) location to new
> location(on the new HDD). Refer to man cp for more info about
> cp options.
> Hope it help
> Thai
Thanks for your reply.
I can see that this is not going to be easy any way I do it. I was also
thinking of backing up the old system, install a fresh CentOS on the new,
then do a restore on it. Would that work? I just want to make sure I have
everthing on the new as the old.
Thanks
