Re: New System, Problem with FTP

2024-08-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Steve Matzura wrote: > The following is specific to Ubuntu 24.04. If it should go to a > Ubuntu-specific list, let me know and I'll find out how to make that happen. Yup. This is a list for Debian users. > The problem is also related to FTP, which I can't seem to get working. I > modified /etc/s

New System, Problem with FTP

2024-08-24 Thread Steve Matzura
e and password, but the new system was installed by its provider with that turned off, necessitating some fancy footwork with SSH keys and such. The problem is also related to FTP, which I can't seem to get working. I modified /etc/ssh/sshd_config by adding a section at the bottom for &

Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

2022-02-11 Thread David Christensen
On 2/11/22 16:28, David Christensen wrote: On 2/11/22 12:34, Thomas Anderson wrote: Hello friends, I was curious what would happen if I threw my server HDD, into an entirely new system: different motherboard, different CPU (Intel instead of AMD), Ram, video card, everything. I would like

Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

2022-02-11 Thread David Christensen
On 2/11/22 12:34, Thomas Anderson wrote: Hello friends, I was curious what would happen if I threw my server HDD, into an entirely new system: different motherboard, different CPU (Intel instead of AMD), Ram, video card, everything. I would like to upgrade my system, and ideal case, this

Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

2022-02-11 Thread Felix Miata
Dan Ritter composed on 2022-02-11 15:52 (UTC-0500): > Thomas Anderson wrote: >> I was curious what would happen if I threw my server HDD, into an entirely >> new system: >>... intel ... > This will usually mostly work. Things to think about: ... > - you'll

Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

2022-02-11 Thread Dan Ritter
Thomas Anderson wrote: > I was curious what would happen if I threw my server HDD, into an entirely > new system: > > different motherboard, different CPU (Intel instead of AMD), Ram, video > card, everything. > > I would like to upgrade my system, and ideal case, this

Re: Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

2022-02-11 Thread Christian Britz
On 2022-02-11 21:34 UTC+0100, Thomas Anderson wrote: > I was curious what would happen if I threw my server HDD, into an > entirely new system: I would guess it would work, with some minor adjustmenst being necessary. Typically, all needed kernel modules for hardware support are availab

Plop in Debian install HDD into entirely new system

2022-02-11 Thread Thomas Anderson
Hello friends, I was curious what would happen if I threw my server HDD, into an entirely new system: different motherboard, different CPU (Intel instead of AMD), Ram, video card, everything. I would like to upgrade my system, and ideal case, this would simply work. I think I have done

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2020-01-04 Thread shirish शिरीष
at bottom :- On 30/12/2019, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 29.12.2019 15:49, shirish शिरीष wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I read Alexander's reply with interest at [1] . >> >> @Alexander, thank you for taking time to answer my question/s . Maybe >> you can CC me the next time :) >> >> What was also

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 30 December 2019 11:38:27 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 30.12.2019 20:18, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 30 December 2019 05:16:51 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > >> On 29.12.2019 16:56, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> On Sunday 29 December 2019 04:42:20 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: >

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-30 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 30.12.2019 20:18, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 30 December 2019 05:16:51 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > >> On 29.12.2019 16:56, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Sunday 29 December 2019 04:42:20 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 29.12.2019 12:37, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Dear all, > >

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 30 December 2019 05:16:51 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 29.12.2019 16:56, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 29 December 2019 04:42:20 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > >> On 29.12.2019 12:37, shirish शिरीष wrote: > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> Last year I had read some articles when I wa

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-30 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 29.12.2019 16:56, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 29 December 2019 04:42:20 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > >> On 29.12.2019 12:37, shirish शिरीष wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Last year I had read some articles when I was looking to build a >>> system there seemed to problems with hybrid drives.

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-30 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 29.12.2019 15:49, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > > I read Alexander's reply with interest at [1] . > > @Alexander, thank you for taking time to answer my question/s . Maybe > you can CC me the next time :) > > What was also interesting in your answer was the use of dark marketing > practises u

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 29 December 2019 04:42:20 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 29.12.2019 12:37, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Last year I had read some articles when I was looking to build a > > system there seemed to problems with hybrid drives. Does anybody > > know how things stand/look t

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-29 Thread shirish शिरीष
at bottom :- On 29/12/2019, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > > I read Alexander's reply with interest at [1] . > > @Alexander, thank you for taking time to answer my question/s . Maybe > you can CC me the next time :) > > What was also interesting in your answer was the use of dark marketing > pr

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-29 Thread shirish शिरीष
Hi all, I read Alexander's reply with interest at [1] . @Alexander, thank you for taking time to answer my question/s . Maybe you can CC me the next time :) What was also interesting in your answer was the use of dark marketing practises used by some manufacturers to disguise TLC (3-bit NAND) me

Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-29 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 29.12.2019 12:37, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Dear all, > > Last year I had read some articles when I was looking to build a > system there seemed to problems with hybrid drives. Does anybody know > how things stand/look today and if anybody had any good/bad experience > with them ? IIRC, the issues

considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive

2019-12-28 Thread shirish शिरीष
Dear all, Last year I had read some articles when I was looking to build a system there seemed to problems with hybrid drives. Does anybody know how things stand/look today and if anybody had any good/bad experience with them ? IIRC, the issues were more to do with the firmware rather than the ha

Re: Clone SD card for new system <- Re: change hostname & static IP & ???

2016-04-12 Thread David Wright
propriate changes > >>(i.e., previous hostname to new hostname, previous IP address to new > >>IP address). I also zeroed out all text-based files in /var/log/ > >>(e.g., >messages), just to start the new system with clean logs. > >> > >>Both the pre

Clone SD card for new system <- Re: change hostname & static IP & ???

2016-04-12 Thread ken
/ (e.g., >messages), just to start the new system with clean logs. Both the previous (still running) system and the new one (not yet running) are to be on the same LAN, so I'm pretty certain that no other networking configuration-- like broadcast or netmask-- needs to be touched (how could

Getting a custom package into a new system early in the install process

2014-12-02 Thread Ross Boylan
I have a customized package, adduser, that I want to get into new VM's early in the wheezy installation process. In particular, it must happen before installing the "debian basic system tools" (DBST hereafter) recommended when the installer gets to task selection. The modified adduser tweaks the

Re: X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-07 Thread Joel Roth
Carl Johnson wrote: > Joel Roth writes: > > my xmodmap commands for remapping > > the CAPS key to behave as CTRL (in .xinitrc) work in my > > usual system, but have no effect on this newly installed > > system. Both systems are running an up-to-date sid, > > and I've copied over my .bashrc. > >

Re: X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-07 Thread Siard
Joel Roth wrote: > # remap CAPSLOCK to be CTRL > > rxvt -e screen -D -r > xmodmap -e 'keycode 66 = Control_L' > xmodmap -e 'clear Lock' > xmodmap -e 'add Control = Control_L' > xset b off# this suppresses beep > setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp # this works

Re: X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-07 Thread berenger . morel
Le 06.03.2014 23:34, Joel Roth a écrit : Hi list, I've dusted off an old, fanless computer with an Epia (Via) main board, and installed sid. One thing I notice is that my xmodmap commands for remapping the CAPS key to behave as CTRL (in .xinitrc) work in my usual system, but have no effect on

Re: X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 06 mar 14, 12:34:02, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi list, > > I've dusted off an old, fanless computer with an Epia > (Via) main board, and installed sid. > > One thing I notice is that my xmodmap commands for remapping > the CAPS key to behave as CTRL (in .xinitrc) work in my > usual system, but h

Re: X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-06 Thread Carl Johnson
Joel Roth writes: > Hi list, > > I've dusted off an old, fanless computer with an Epia > (Via) main board, and installed sid. > > One thing I notice is that my xmodmap commands for remapping > the CAPS key to behave as CTRL (in .xinitrc) work in my > usual system, but have no effect on this newly

X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-06 Thread Joel Roth
Hi list, I've dusted off an old, fanless computer with an Epia (Via) main board, and installed sid. One thing I notice is that my xmodmap commands for remapping the CAPS key to behave as CTRL (in .xinitrc) work in my usual system, but have no effect on this newly installed system. Both systems ar

Re: old vs new system uid/gid

2013-05-08 Thread Bob Proulx
e '*.dpkg-*'" files at each major release point and ensuring LSB headers in all /etc/init.d scripts. But if you had not had the problem and had the working Lenny system to begin with then you would have that exact same upgrade work to do regardless. If you really want to have a rea

Re: old vs new system uid/gid

2013-05-08 Thread Ross Boylan
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Ross Boylan wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > I suppose it would be safer to have a script read the old files and > > > > do adduser/addgroup as appropriate, since that would assure the home > > > > directories existed (and maybe do other stu

Re: old vs new system uid/gid

2013-05-08 Thread Bob Proulx
and then chown the files on disk to > > match the new numbering. > > This is referring to restored files, right? I.e., restore them, which will > give them the old ids. Then chown/chgrp to match the new system. Yes. A restore could restore the old uid:gids but those are not the

Re: old vs new system uid/gid

2013-05-08 Thread Ross Boylan
Thank you, Bob. As always you are very helpful. Followups below. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Ross Boylan wrote: > > It would be very handy if, while creating a new system, I could > > replicate the uid and gid's of an old one--by which I me

Re: old vs new system uid/gid

2013-05-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Ross Boylan wrote: > It would be very handy if, while creating a new system, I could > replicate the uid and gid's of an old one--by which I mean replicate > the mapping of numbers to names. I want to restore the old system, > and my backup system (bacula) uses numeric uid/gid

old vs new system uid/gid

2013-05-06 Thread Ross Boylan
It would be very handy if, while creating a new system, I could replicate the uid and gid's of an old one--by which I mean replicate the mapping of numbers to names. I want to restore the old system, and my backup system (bacula) uses numeric uid/gid only. My backups have all the custo

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 12/03/2012 01:43 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 02 dec 12, 23:23:48, Marc Shapiro wrote: Yes, I had intended to get 1600 MHz memory as a replacement, but I accidentally got the 1333. If I add additional memory I realize that I will have to used 1333 for that, as well, unless I replace all

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 02 dec 12, 23:23:48, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yes, I had intended to get 1600 MHz memory as a replacement, but I > accidentally got the 1333. If I add additional memory I realize > that I will have to used 1333 for that, as well, unless I replace > all of it. What I meant was that maybe the

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/3/2012 1:23 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yes, I had intended to get 1600 MHz memory as a replacement, but I > accidentally got the 1333. If I add additional memory I realize that I > will have to used 1333 for that, as well, unless I replace all of it. Unless you have an integrated GPU that

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-02 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 12/02/2012 01:29 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 01 dec 12, 22:19:45, Marc Shapiro wrote: No. It was two sets of Patriot memory. After the first pair gave errors, I returned them and got another kit which proceeded to do the same thing. This time, with another brand, everything seems to b

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 01 dec 12, 22:19:45, Marc Shapiro wrote: > No. It was two sets of Patriot memory. After the first pair gave > errors, I returned them and got another kit which proceeded to do > the same thing. This time, with another brand, everything seems to > be working correctly. It's also other fre

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 12/01/2012 06:55 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 12/1/2012 5:34 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: I'm calling this case settled... Good to hear it's all working now. Curious, the pair of Patriot sticks with the problem: did that package show signs of being opened before you bought it? Unscrupulous peo

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
d I was able to help. > I now have a system that is running well and not claiming to have any > errors. It has only taken me two weeks to get to this point, but I'm > there. All is right with the world, or, at least with my new system. I'm glad a simple RAM swap fixed it. Swa

(SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
t did not match what the package, and the sticks themselves said they were. I now have a system that is running well and not claiming to have any errors. It has only taken me two weeks to get to this point, but I'm there. All is right with the world, or, at least with my new system.

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-01 Thread David Christensen
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/11/msg01468.html From: Marc Shapiro > Last weekend I put together a new box to replace the one that has been locking up repeatedly. The components are: > Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB > 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM When I purchase memory, I *always* use

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/29/2012 10:24 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 11/28/2012 9:14 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/27/2012 11:09 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 11/27/2012 11:29 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM The DIMMS are 1600. According to the BIOS the CPU Tim

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/29/2012 10:24 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 11/28/2012 9:14 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/27/2012 11:09 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 11/27/2012 11:29 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM The DIMMS are 1600. According to the BIOS the CPU Tim

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-12-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/29/2012 10:24 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 11/28/2012 9:14 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/27/2012 11:09 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 11/27/2012 11:29 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM The DIMMS are 1600. According to the BIOS the CPU Tim

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 11/28/2012 9:14 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 11/27/2012 11:09 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> On 11/27/2012 11:29 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: >>> Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB >>> 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM > The DIMMS are 1600. According to the BIOS the CPU Timing is at 200 and > the memory is at

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 23:38 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Do I really have bad memory? You are using the computer without issues, while your RAM is stressed. Did you run a RAM test that is not from a Debian distribution? You RAM could be bad, but it's not likely. As I've written several times. He

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/11/12 02:38 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/28/2012 09:24 AM, Gary Dale wrote: I'm afraid I can't really answer that. All I can do is repeat that when MemTest86+ reports an error, it is a good indication that you have a problem. I've seen this on systems where MemTest86+ reported only a fe

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/28/2012 09:24 AM, Gary Dale wrote: I'm afraid I can't really answer that. All I can do is repeat that when MemTest86+ reports an error, it is a good indication that you have a problem. I've seen this on systems where MemTest86+ reported only a few problems but the computer locked up inter

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Gary Dale
On 28/11/12 11:29 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 11:08 -0500, Gary Dale wrote: On 28/11/12 10:17 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: In the absence of an updated Debian install (it's wiser not to update a digital audio workstation too often) I used another install of current Ubuntu Quantal 6

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 11:42 -0500, Doug wrote: > I'm surprised that Memtest gives different results depending on what > disk you run it from, I guess it would be a good idea to download a > stand-alone version and run a sanity check on the download. BTW, > Memtest has been around forever. I thin

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 11:08 -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > On 28/11/12 10:17 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > In the absence of an updated Debian install (it's wiser not to update a > > digital audio workstation too often) I used another install of current > > Ubuntu Quantal 64-bit, Memtest86+ v4.20 and inst

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Doug
On 11/28/2012 02:32 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: My apologize, but I don't have the time to read everything. I read that you get errors when running Memtest. Do you have issues using the computer? Did you run Memtest from different distros (live media)? I never have issues when using my computer. If

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Gary Dale
On 28/11/12 10:17 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: In the absence of an updated Debian install (it's wiser not to update a digital audio workstation too often) I used another install of current Ubuntu Quantal 64-bit, Memtest86+ v4.20 and instead running it from the same Parted Magic live CD, I run it from

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
In the absence of an updated Debian install (it's wiser not to update a digital audio workstation too often) I used another install of current Ubuntu Quantal 64-bit, Memtest86+ v4.20 and instead running it from the same Parted Magic live CD, I run it from the lastest Parted Magic 64-bit Live CD, al

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-28 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/27/2012 11:09 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 11/27/2012 11:29 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: Last weekend I put together a new box to replace the one that has been locking up repeatedly. The components are: Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM AMD FX-4100 Quad Core CPU

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 nov 12, 21:29:19, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Last weekend I put together a new box to replace the one that has been > locking up repeatedly. The components are: > > Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB > 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM > AMD FX-4100 Quad Core CPU > ASUS DVD/CD Writer > M

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
My apologize, but I don't have the time to read everything. I read that you get errors when running Memtest. Do you have issues using the computer? Did you run Memtest from different distros (live media)? I never have issues when using my computer. If I run the same version of Memtest from a Part

Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 11/27/2012 11:29 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Last weekend I put together a new box to replace the one that has been > locking up repeatedly. The components are: > > Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB > 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM > AMD FX-4100 Quad Core CPU > ASUS DVD/CD Writer > MSI R

Memory errors on new memory in new system

2012-11-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Last weekend I put together a new box to replace the one that has been locking up repeatedly. The components are: Gigabyte 970A-DS3 MB 8GB (2x4GB) Patriot G3 RAM AMD FX-4100 Quad Core CPU ASUS DVD/CD Writer MSI R5450 Graphics Card Seagate 1TB HD After assembling the

Re:Tranfering iceweasel bookmark filest to new system (SOLVED)

2010-07-22 Thread Gary Roach
Thank you one and all for the help especially Kelly Clowers' missive. Gary R. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c4876ce.9060...@verizon.net

Re: Transfering iceweasel bookmark files to new system

2010-07-21 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:36:34 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/21/2010 05:33 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 15:00, Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] >>> Reusing an in-place .mozilla/firefox tree when migrating from i386 to >>> amd64 proved subtly problematic, though, in many ways. >

Re: Transfering iceweasel bookmark files to new system

2010-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/21/2010 05:33 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 15:00, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] Reusing an in-place .mozilla/firefox tree when migrating from i386 to amd64 proved subtly problematic, though, in many ways. What kind of problems? I don't remember having problems... althou

Re: Transfering iceweasel bookmark files to new system

2010-07-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 15:00, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/21/2010 03:37 PM, Gary Roach wrote: >> >> Hi; >> >> I am replacing my oldest 1GHZ box with a new 2.65 x 4 GHz box. Both are >> running Debian Squeeze. How do I transfer the iceweasel setup from the >> one computer to the other and combine t

Re: Transfering iceweasel bookmark files to new system

2010-07-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 13:37, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi; > > I am replacing my oldest 1GHZ box with a new 2.65 x 4 GHz box. Both are > running Debian Squeeze. How do I transfer the iceweasel setup from the one > computer to the other and combine the bookmarks from the two units. As an > aside, is th

Re: Transfering iceweasel bookmark files to new system

2010-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/21/2010 03:37 PM, Gary Roach wrote: Hi; I am replacing my oldest 1GHZ box with a new 2.65 x 4 GHz box. Both are running Debian Squeeze. How do I transfer the iceweasel setup from the one computer to the other and combine the bookmarks from the two units. Bookmarks->"Organize Bookmarks"

Re: Transfering iceweasel bookmark files to new system

2010-07-21 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Wednesday 21 July 2010 22:37:20 Gary Roach wrote: > Hi; > > I am replacing my oldest 1GHZ box with a new 2.65 x 4 GHz box. Both are > running Debian Squeeze. How do I transfer the iceweasel setup from the > one computer to the other and combine the bookmarks from the two units. > As an aside, i

Transfering iceweasel bookmark files to new system

2010-07-21 Thread Gary Roach
Hi; I am replacing my oldest 1GHZ box with a new 2.65 x 4 GHz box. Both are running Debian Squeeze. How do I transfer the iceweasel setup from the one computer to the other and combine the bookmarks from the two units. As an aside, is there any way to determine the purpose of all of the files

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Sorry for top posting, there is just too much for individual responses. Thanks for all your advice. I made use of much of it. First, I ended up going with a SATA/PCI controller and 500GB WD SATA drive as my fastest onboard IDE controller was ATA/66. I installed both card and drive after compili

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-03 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Thursday 03 December 2009 03:34 am, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > I'll look into Mondorescue. What is its preferred backup media? Only > storage devices I have on the box are an HD and 3.5 floppy. > > I was really hoping I could just go disk-disk and be done with it, using > something like ghost, o

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Mark Neidorff put forth on 12/2/2009 5:22 PM: > On Tuesday 01 December 2009 09:22 pm, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> I currently have a 40GB IDE boot disk in a Lenny server. I boot with >> LILO, but not INITRD. I have the following partitions: >> >> I would like to add a new IDE disk between say 160GB a

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 09:22 pm, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I currently have a 40GB IDE boot disk in a Lenny server. I boot with > LILO, but not INITRD. I have the following partitions: > > I would like to add a new IDE disk between say 160GB and 250GB, on > another IDE channel, and copy/mirror/

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread Tom H
> If you (or anyone else) is using Grub, simply copying your  files across > your files will not work due to the presence of UUIDs in the Grub2 config > files.  I have been unable to find the proper procedure for updating those > UUIDs. # chroot / then # update-grub -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:04:17 +, David Goodenough wrote: > > On Wednesday 02 December 2009, tv.debian wrote: > >> tune2fs -U [old_partition_UUID] /dev/[new_partition] > >> > >> will change the UUID of the new partition to the one of the original >

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:04:17 +, David Goodenough wrote: > On Wednesday 02 December 2009, tv.debian wrote: >> tune2fs -U [old_partition_UUID] /dev/[new_partition] >> >> will change the UUID of the new partition to the one of the original >> one. If the partitions are inside the same machine,

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 09:59:21AM +, David Goodenough wrote: > On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Alan Ianson wrote: > > > 2. I'm sticking with LILO. I've never "manually" installed a boot > > > loader, only during Debian clean/scratch installations using the Deb > > > installer. The last time

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 02 December 2009, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > >David Goodenough wrote: > >> On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Alan Ianson wrote: > >>> 2. I'm sticking with LILO. I've never "manually" installed a boot > >>> loader, only during Debian clean/scratch installations using the Deb > >>>

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Stan Hoeppner: > > I would like to add a new IDE disk between say 160GB and 250GB, on > another IDE channel, and copy/mirror/etc the exact contents of the > current system disk to the new disk; make the new disk the system (boot) > disk, and remove the original disk from the machine. I've never d

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>David Goodenough wrote: >> On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Alan Ianson wrote: >>> 2. I'm sticking with LILO. I've never "manually" installed a boot >>> loader, only during Debian clean/scratch installations using the Deb >>> installer. The last time I did that was with Woody, like 4 years ago. >

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Alan Ianson wrote: > > 2. I'm sticking with LILO. I've never "manually" installed a boot > > loader, only during Debian clean/scratch installations using the Deb > > installer. The last time I did that was with Woody, like 4 years ago. > > How do I manually install

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-01 Thread Alan Ianson
> 2. I'm sticking with LILO. I've never "manually" installed a boot > loader, only during Debian clean/scratch installations using the Deb > installer. The last time I did that was with Woody, like 4 years ago. > How do I manually install LILO to the boot sector of the new disk? I'm > sure it's

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Andrew Sackville-West put forth on 12/1/2009 9:54 PM: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 08:22:57PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> I currently have a 40GB IDE boot disk in a Lenny server. I boot with >> LILO, but not INITRD. I have the following partitions: >> >>Device Boot Start End

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-01 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 07:54:01PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 08:22:57PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > I currently have a 40GB IDE boot disk in a Lenny server. I boot with [snip] > > Typically, since it's all on the same machine, I just use cp -a (which > ha

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-01 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 08:22:57PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I currently have a 40GB IDE boot disk in a Lenny server. I boot with > LILO, but not INITRD. I have the following partitions: > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda14623486

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-01 Thread Nicholas
Stan Hoeppner wrote: I would like to add a new IDE disk between say 160GB and 250GB, on another IDE channel, and copy/mirror/etc the exact contents of the current system disk to the new disk; 1. You can try "dd" (Try to clone your laptops Os first) 2. Grub is much better than Lilo in most ca

migrate to new system disk

2009-12-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
I currently have a 40GB IDE boot disk in a Lenny server. I boot with LILO, but not INITRD. I have the following partitions: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda146234865 1951897+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda2 *46074622

RE: copying over all of /etc/ssl to new system?

2009-09-23 Thread Kevin Ross
features bit by bit, am i safe to simply use the > old /etc/ssl directory with all of those certs on the new system? > > FWIW, the new machine will have the same IP address and hostname, > but i can't imagine that will make any difference. can i just grab > the entire previous

copying over all of /etc/ssl to new system?

2009-09-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
trying to close off a few more issues related to my lenny migration, and here's what's probably a trivial question -- since i'm re-installing some features bit by bit, am i safe to simply use the old /etc/ssl directory with all of those certs on the new system? FWIW, the n

Re: Moving postfix to a new system

2008-04-26 Thread Allan Wind
On 2008-04-26T11:27:43+0200, Andrea Gozzi wrote: > * Postfix stores the mail in Maildir format in /home/vmail and the > users/domains/forwards tables are in a sql db. > Other than setting up on the new system the same stuff I am currently > using (mysql, amavis, sa, ...), will it wo

Moving postfix to a new system

2008-04-26 Thread Andrea Gozzi
two question for the list: * Postfix stores the mail in Maildir format in /home/vmail and the users/domains/forwards tables are in a sql db. Other than setting up on the new system the same stuff I am currently using (mysql, amavis, sa, ...), will it work if I just copy over the entire '

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:07:59 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 04:09:00PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:16:02 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:46:28AM -0700, Jeff D wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > on first sytsem: > > >

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 04:09:00PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:16:02 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:46:28AM -0700, Jeff D wrote: > > [...] > > > > on first sytsem: > > > dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt > > > on new base install: > > >

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:16:02 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:46:28AM -0700, Jeff D wrote: [...] > > on first sytsem: > > dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt > > on new base install: > > copy over selections.txt > > dpkg --set-selections < selections.txt > > dselect up

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 23:19:55 -, McNamee, John wrote: > How do you use the output from "aptitude search" to re-install the > packages on the new system? On the old system: aptitude -F %p search '~i' > all-packages.txt aptitude -F %p search '~i~M'

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Mark
ch for several months on a test machine, and now > >>I'd like to install it on a production server. What's the best way to > >>get the list of packages installed on the test system, and then > >>re-install those packages on the new system? > >> > &g

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:19:55PM -, McNamee, John wrote: > How do you use the output from "aptitude search" to re-install the > packages on the new system? I just go through aptitude interactive manually. New versions of packages may have different depends and recommen

RE: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread McNamee, John
How do you use the output from "aptitude search" to re-install the packages on the new system? --John -Original Message- From: Douglas Allan Tutty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Replicate installed packa

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Owen Heisler
t; > > I'd like to install it on a production server. What's the best way to > > > get the list of packages installed on the test system, and then > > > re-install those packages on the new system? > > > > aptitude search "~i" will give you a

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 05:22:29PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > I use: > #aptitude search '~i!~M' > > This shows only the packages installed (~i) but not automatically (!~M), > in other words, the packages that I specifically installed. > That's pretty slick. Regards, -Roberto

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