I've only had to do it once and I wasn't overly concerned about the custom configurations of the machine but rather the data in /home; so I didn't notice.
Do you have anther drive you can install on and copy your stuff off that way?
-brian
Brian D. McGrew {brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxx }
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> Failure is not an option; it is included with every Microsoft product.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of P. George
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 7:59 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: moving hard drive to new machine
but won't that mess up all the configuration stuff i've done on this
installation?
if not, i'm game.
thanks.
- philip
On Sep 19, 2004, at 9:50 PM, Brian McGrew wrote:
> Boot off your cd and do an upgrade install.
>
> -brian
>
> Brian D. McGrew {brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxx }
> ---
>> Failure is not an option; it is included with every Microsoft product.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of P. George
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 7:52 PM
> To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: moving hard drive to new machine
>
>
> i posted this earlier to the "install" mailing list, but i don't think
> too many folks are on that list. very quiet. spooky quiet.
>
> so, i'm gonna have to re-post on this list, and i apologize for having
> to x-post in the first place.
>
> okay....
>
> the problem is that i had this old clunker that i ran redhat on. i
> spent a really, really long time getting it set up just exactly the way
> i wanted it.
>
> i just moved, and during the move, the motherboard got bumped into by
> something and some little soldered parts were knocked off. long story
> short... dead motherboard. no biggie. i've got another equally lame
> motherboard to use in its place. this one is amd-based though; the
> other was intel-based. everything else about this setup is the same.
> same video, same ram, same power supply, same everything. when i boot
> it up now though, i get to grub and double-click on my install and,
> instead of proceeding to boot, the grub screen vanishes and the
> computer reboots.
>
> what can i do to salvage this installation?
>
> thanks.
>
> - philip
>
>
>
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