I have an internal Web/FTP/File server running MDK 8.2 which I need to
transfer to a new box.
The current filesystem is as follows:
/dev/sdb1 /
/dev/sda1 /boot
/dev/sda6 /tmp
/dev/sda? /swap
/dev/sdc1 /home
/dev/sdc2 /usr/local
/dev/sdc3 /var
The new machine will run MDK 9.0, and while I intend to re-use sda as the
boot, temp and swap, and also (maybe) the sdb as /, the third disk is going
to be moved to a hard AMI RAID 5, comprising completely different disks
Anybody like to suggest the most painless manner of doing this?
I had thought to :
tar up the /etc, /home/<username>, /var and /usr/local directories
copy these and the served files in /home/shared (a lot) and the updates &
rpms from /usr to an interim server directory
move the two hard disks to the new server
install Mandrake 9 on the new server
copy/untar everything back
The one sticking point is that I'd like to install the same set of packages
as before. Is there any way of saving out my currently installed package list
(which is not the same as the original MDK 8.2. install), and then passing
that list to the MDK9 installer??
any script mavens out there....?
cheers
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john in sydney
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