Re: Replace hardware without reinstall debian lenny
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:52:51AM -0400, Ryan Manikowski wrote:
> On 5/10/2010 11:37 AM, Vincze Janos Istvan wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > My debian server will soon get a complete new hardware (motherboard,
> > cpu, memory, stb.).
> > Have anybody a good idea how to replace the old computer without
> > reinstall the whole system?
> >
> > I have installed and configured:
> > - The most important is ASTERISK PBX
> > - Apache2 web server
> > - Samba
> > - Postfix & Dovecot
> > - ProFTP
> > - etc.
> >
> > I do not want to reinstall everything.
> >
> > Current debian installation:
> > - Debian lenny 5.0.4
> > - Kernel: 2.6.26-2-686
> >
> > thank you very much in advance,
> >
> > Vinyo
> >
> >
> >
>
> Having recently ported a machine (placing drives into new physical
> hardware), this process was very simple and painless. You really have
> two primary concerns here.
>
> 1) Does the currently running kernel support the hardware you are moving
> the drive(s) to? If so then its a matter of ensuring the hard drives are
> attached and presented by the BIOS in the correct order (/dev/sdX
> mappings). As long as this is the same, the system will boot. Changes on
> your end, should the drive mappings change, would be to modify
> /etc/fstab and grub's menu.lst (assuming you're using grub in the first
> place).
>
You could use UUID's instead of device names (/dev/sdX) to get around this issue.
-Rob
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