Hello: I was very happy with myself after setting up a file server for my home with some old hardware (and some new old hardware). Everything works great.
Now, I have come into possession of some "better" old hardware (an "actual" server - Compaq Evo W8000 - with SCSI disks! Wow, that's big for me). So, I wanted to move my fileserver over. I was reading the FAQ (14.10) about backing up, and I think this will work, but I have a couple of basic questions, if anyone has the time to answer. 1. Since I will be moving to new hardware, and from ide to scsi disks, I will need to modify /etc/fstab. Is there anything else I should be thinking about editing for the move to new hardware (the network card will be the same, since it's moving too). I can't think of anything other than fstab. 2. I note that in the example for backing up and restoring that "raw" devices are used. In my situation, I will be going from ide to a usb drive, and then from the usb drive to scsi disks. So, the ide drive I can't access raw, but I don't think this is an issue. Is it? And, if I don't read from the "raw" device with dump, it's still okay to write to the raw device with restore, right? I think these are pretty basic questions, and I think I would figure it out on my own when I do it. I guess I am looking for peace of mind that I am on the right track. Thanks Bye - ted
