Incoming from Oliver Fuchs: > > I am running a debian woody box for a long time now on my laptop. > I want to install it now with the (nearly) same configuration on my PC. > Can I transport the laptop system (for example via tar) to my PC or won't > this work.
You can make Debian package management do it for you. On the laptop, tar up /etc to make a copy of the configuration files, then: dpkg --get-selections > laptop.txt Install the base system on your PC, then: dpkg --set-selections < laptop.txt Then either one of: apt-get update apt-get dselect-upgrade or: aptitude update aptitude install The archives at lists.debian.org mention this often. You should think carefully about this though. Some apps run on a laptop may not be appropriate on a PC. pcmcia, anachron, ... It shouldn't cause any real problems you can't work around, however. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
