Hi! Jose L. Gomez Dans (jgomez@pc117179.shef.ac.uk): > Hi! > I have been using a debian system for a couple of months now, > and I am extremely happy with it. However, since this isn't my > computer, I have been told that I'll have to leave this computer, and > take a newer one. I was wondering if there is a way to actually send > all the files I've got here (I've installed loads of packages, > compiled loads of sources) to the new computer (I could install debian > on that one without much hassle) over the ethernet connection we've > got. At the moment, the only alternative is to copy everything to > floppies or zip drives :DDD. There MUST be a better option :))) idea 1: - enable rshd for root on your old machine (kind of dangerous) - get a rescuedisk with rsh and cpio on it (Toms root + boot disks??) and boot your new computer with it. - partition your new computers disk and mount all partitions the intended way under eg. /mnt - run as root cd /mnt rsh <oldbox> "find / -xdev -depth | cpio -o" | cpio -i --sparse expand "/" to the whole list of fs'es you want to move. - run lilo -r /mnt idea 2: - make a cpio/tar file of your old machine's disk find / -xdev -depth | cpio -o > /var/tmp/foo.cpio - export /var/tmp (or wherever you placed the .cpio) via nfs - use debian's rescue disk to boot the new machine, start setup, load your NIC's modules, load nfs module, configure the network, act as if you're install to a bogus partition (you're going to delete later) mount your desired partition setup eg. under /foobar open vt2 and do mount <oldbox>:/var/tmp /mnt -orsize=4096 cd /foobar star < /mnt/foo.cpio Uhhm, please take 2. only as idea - possibly you need to use tar insted of cpio - and there may be other issues I missed. Rainer -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB
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