On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 10:20 -0500, Thomas E Dukes wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Mauritz
> > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:08 AM
> > To: CentOS mailing list
> > Subject: Re: Moving files to new server
> >
> > Thomas E Dukes wrote:
> > > 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?
> > >
> >
> > If you have the luxury of having both machines online at the
> > same time, why not just use the easy way out and use rsync?
> > Or as someone else suggested, you could physically attach the
> > new drive to the old computer and copy the data to to it with
> > any number of tools (tar/dump/cp/etc....).
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> I can put both online but have never used rsync nor dump. The old pc is
> old! A P3-450, 18GB HD. The new one is a P4-3.0Ghz with 1GB ram. The way
> CentOS will do the partitions will probably be different than from the old,
> especially the SWAP.
You don't need to copy swap.
> The old system has been upgraded numerous times since
> RedHat 8.0. I like the idea of a fresh install but want to make sure I have
> everything working on the new without missing something I installed on the
> old one.
You can just use disk druid and create your partitions any way you
want ...
I personally grab the old hard drive, stick it in the new PC and use
rsync (or cp -a ) to copy each partition into the new one.
>
> Decisions, decisions.............
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