Matej Cepl wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> aptitude install `cat installed.txt`
>>
>> Nice, Matej. I think I'll just cron that command on a weekly basis.
>
> ??? What is it good for to run this in cron?
Sorry, I didn't mean I'd cron the install, but your command to get the list
of packages.
Derek Broughton wrote:
> aptitude install `cat installed.txt`
>
> Nice, Matej. I think I'll just cron that command on a weekly basis.
??? What is it good for to run this in cron?
Matej
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MJD wrote:
> This souldn't be a problem. I installed two different distributions on one
> lvm VG. However, after you copy back the data, you will need to recreate
> your initrd file because it needs to discover the lvm setup, and correctly
> set it up
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Brian Kimball wrote:
> And BTW, what does this have to do with laptops? :-)
Thanks for all your reply.
I'm willing to switch to LVM because AFAIK it can do resizing of Logical
Volumes. I own a 30 GB HDD and therefore, with the help of LVM, will be
a
Brian Kimball wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Brian Kimball wrote:
>> > 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 ?
...
>> > Totally unn
2) I doubt if LVM and VG creation happens without the OS on the HDD. Themetadata is stored on the partition table or is part of the OS ? Can
someone who has experience with LVM confirm this ?If it was plain HDD to HDD migration, it would have been very trivial.
This souldn't be a problem. I instal
Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> Now, questions:
> 1) I use udev, so do I need to backup and restore dev ?
Sort of. This was my one "gotcha" the first time I did this. While
you're still booted into your rescue disc or knoppix or whatever, make
sure you run at least "MAKEDEV std" and "MAKEDEV conso
Derek Broughton wrote:
> Brian Kimball wrote:
> > 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 anythi
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Iain Georgeson wrote:
> "Derek Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Brian Kimball wrote:
>>> Yes, and you don't have to rebuild anything. Forget all that discussion
>>> about dpkg --get-selections and --set-selections. Totally unnecessary.
>> I
"Derek Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Brian Kimball wrote:
>> Yes, and you don't have to rebuild anything. Forget all that discussion
>> about dpkg --get-selections and --set-selections. Totally unnecessary.
> It _is_ totally unnecessary if he just has a single file system. What
> happ
Matej Cepl wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Cute, but why is it "preferred"? The dpkg method (which I've used) is
>> pretty simple.
>
> Cause aptitude keeps what was installed just to satisfy dependencies.
>
Ah! Good point. Since I used the dpkg method to install packages I'd used
on Debian
> Matej Cepl wrote:
>
>> 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 ?
>>
>> What about
>>
>> dpkg --get-selections
>> dpkg --set-selections
>>
Brian Kimball wrote:
> 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
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
Derek Broughton wrote:
> Cute, but why is it "preferred"? The dpkg method (which I've used) is
> pretty simple.
Cause aptitude keeps what was installed just to satisfy dependencies.
Matej
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Matej Cepl wrote:
> 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 ?
>
> What about
>
> dpkg --get-selections
> dpkg --set-selections
>
> RTFM, dpkg(1
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 ?
What about
dpkg --get-selections
dpkg --set-selections
RTFM, dpkg(1)
Or you can use (which is my preferr
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Hello People,
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 ?
Regards,
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