On 2009-09-16 13:46 +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day schreef:
>> 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.
> Why not just copy /etc, /home, /root and /var, and make sure you do
> not follw symlinks in copying. That should do.
No, at least you need to leave out /var/lib/{dpkg,apt}. And you have to
be careful to preserve file ownership -- the uids and gids of system
users and groups may differ.
Sven
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