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Re: hardware migration



On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:53:12PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote:
> Hi folks :-)
> 
> I'm ready to take system disk of a server and put it to new hardware
> machine (with full compatibility).
> 
> What issues should be? grub problems?
> 
You might need to delete some entries in /etc/udev/rules.d

Those files keep persistent device names for things like your network
card, DVD drive, etc.  That can mess up configuration of some
applications which have those devices specifically set.  For instance,
/dev/dvd might become /dev/dvd1 on your new system.  If an application
is set to look for /dev/dvd, it will never find it.

The files in /etc/udev/rules.d get recreated on boot, so deleting them
is usually no big deal.  But maybe better to rename them *.bak just in
case...

-Rob

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