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> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:18:38 -0500 <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > > > I like the dpkg method myself. Of course this won't help if you > > > have lots of custom conf file in etc. > > > > > > In that case, creating a tarball of etc would remedy that. > > > > > > Clonezilla is another option I like if you want an exact duplicate > > > (I have used both methods and its a toss up for me what is the > > > better solution) > > > > Thanks, I can use a 'tar ball copy' in Debian without problems? > > Here's what I did in Gentoo, will this work in Debian. Is there > > another recommended way to tar and move an OS? > > > > # rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host* > > # rm -iv /etc/resolv.conf > > # tar cvjfp /mnt/usb/stage4.tar.bz2 / -X debian.excl > > > > # cat debian.excl > > /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* > > /home/* > > /mnt/* > > /media/* > > /lost+found > > /proc/* > > /sys/* > > /tmp/* > > /var/tmp/* > > > > > > Here's one way that I would do this: > > On the new box: > Install Debian per normal. > > Old Box: > #sudo dpkg --get-selections "*" >> installed_packages.txt > copy the file, installed_packages.txt to the new box > > On Newly install Debian: > #sudo dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt > #sudo apt-get -u dselect-upgrade > > This will read the file installed_packages.txt > and will install these into the new Debian system. > Does this method mark the previously packages that were auto as such on the new system, or are they all considered installed manually? > Once that's up to date, take your tarball of /etc from the old box, > dump it to a temp dir in the new, decompress it, copy the .conf files > that you modified (and any other dirs/files you yourself have created > to /etc on the new box. > > This method has a little work to be done (and thank you Howtoforge for > the nifty little trick) but works pretty well for my needs. > > This same process will work for a workstation also. Then again, > Clonezilla (again, one that I use often when I want to archive my > system and need to restore on the same hardware at any given point) > should work also. > > But as others have pointed out, there are many ways to do this. You > just need to blaze your own path and see what works best for you. > |