agreed. installing a fresh OS on the new server and moving over any data to the new one will be quicker and cleaner than trying to deal with all sorts of old cruft that might come over from a backup copy. this is when it comes in handy to lay out your filesystem in a way that makes it easy to migrate/move stuff around. ie: we keep our web/database stuff under a directory /data, and have standard configs for all of our apps so we always know what's going to be installed where. it makes fresh installs happen a lot quicker, and any type of emergency migrations just as quick and easy, if you run a bunch of hosts, building up your own flat file software trees in a repository to manage installs makes it even easier. in your case i'm not sure if you manage a bunch of hosts, but just a few little suggestions and ideas :) good luck! chet On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Andrew Bacchi <bacchi@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Mad Unix wrote: > >> How can i accomplish this mission or do i need to reinstall the server >> from >> scratch?-- >> > Starting from the beginning is alway the best way and always faster than > trying it your way. Installing an OS on a new box takes me 15 minutes from > kickstart. Upgrades and service software another hour at most. > > I can have most of my systems rebuilt from zero in one to two hours each. > > veritatas simplex oratio est >> -Seneca >> >> Andrew Bacchi >> Systems Programmer >> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute >> phone: 518.276.6415 fax: 518.276.2809 >> >> http://www.rpi.edu/~bacchi/ >> >> >> > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- ---------------------------------------- chet nichols III chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx aim: chet / twitter: chet http://chetnichols.org ---------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
