Hi all! I was just given a box with a PIII processor, and I intend to use it to replace my main server, which currently has a Pentium PRO 180 MHz.
The new box doesn't have a hard disk, but that's OK, because I can just take the hard disk out of the old machine and put it into the new one. Everything is on that disk. However, that's the scary part, because what do I do if that disk is damaged in the process? Obviously, I have backed up all unique material that is on that disk, everything that I've created myself is on my workstation disk too. But I guess there is unnecessary to back up Debian, because that can more easily be recovered from the Debian archives. But, if something goes wrong, and I need to reinstall all the stuff that I've now got with minimal effort, what should I back up before I move? A list of packages I can just feed to apt, is that possible to create? Other smart ways to do this? The hardware is obviously quite different on this new box, but I'm running a unmodified Debian kernel-image-2.4.18-686 2.4.18-5. When the disk will suddenly find itself in a quite different machine, is it something I should remember, or should the kernel boot effortlessly on the new hardware? There's nothing like being given new hardware, is it...? :-) Best, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Recent astrophysics graduate Problems worthy of attack University of Oslo, Norway Prove their worth by hitting back E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Piet Hein Homepage <URL:http://folk.uio.no/kjetikj/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
