I suggest you to use low level tools, such as dd or cpio. After copying all files, install grub to your boot device, configure it and fstab (if your device order is different) and finish installation. This can be done without any pain.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 07:21:52AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i've mentioned this before, but by the end of this week, i want to > move my entire current (fully-updated) lenny install from an old > 32-bit system to a new 64-bit dell server, and i'm open to advice on > the easiest and most error-free way to do that. > > i've already duplicated the software packages on the new server, so > what's left is to transfer over the remainder of the configuration -- > mail server, web server, user accounts, etc. the whole ball of wax. > > since both systems have webmin, someone suggested doing a webmin > backup on the old system, then just restoring it on the new one, which > makes a certain amount of sense as long as webmin can be trusted to > reproduce configuration info accurately. > > i don't think this will be that difficult, but if there's a tool to > make this easier, i'm open to suggestions. thanks. > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
