Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> If I copy the whole filesystem to another hard drive and rebuild the
> dpkg database, will it work ? Will dpkg be able to understand all the
> packages installed ?
Yes, and you don't have to rebuild anything. Forget all that discussion
about dpkg --get-selections and --set-selections. Totally unnecessary.
If you copy everything then there won't be any packages to reinstall.
Just make sure you copy everything, and do it properly (either with
tar, "cp -a", etc.).
I would recommend booting into knoppix or a rescue disc so you're not
trying to copy a live system. Then make sure you edit the appropriate
files in the new /etc (lilo.conf, fstab, etc.) so the new system can
boot.
I do this everytime I get a new hard drive or new laptop. As a result
all of my i386 machines are running more or less from the same debian
install from 1998. I love it.
brian
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