Re: Migrating system to new PC
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On 05/02/07 17:01, Wackojacko wrote:
> Fernando Cacciola wrote:
>> Hi people,
>>
>> I have Etch happyly installed, on its own hard disk, in a Pentium 4
>> with this and that hardware.
>>
>> I just bought a brand new Intel Core Duo 2 based PC.
>>
>> Given that I can just plug the debian HD into the new system, what's
>> the best way to move my Etch to the new PC?
>>
>> I suppose it's not as easy to just boot it up there, as most modules
>> would mismatch.
>
>
> If you have a debian stock kernel installed it should just work, by that
> I mean at least boot.
>
> If you compile your own kernel for specific hardware then install a
> stock kernel before swapping the HDD.
Or do what I've done: build a custom kernel with both the old and
new sets of drivers.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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