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newbie question: "clone" RH9 installation
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| greetings,
I installed RH9 on an old machine (to play with), only to find it runs a bit
too slow. I found a faster box I can use for RH, however, I don't want to go
through the entire installation process as I selected packages manually. I
thought kickstart will be the right tool for the job but it looks like I
have to create the config from scratch. Is there a way I can create a
kickstart file by using my existing config? Is kickstart the right tool for
the job?
What I would ultimately like to do is capture my current package selection,
save it to a floppy, start RH9 installation on the other box (which has
different hardware), perform the entire installation up to the point of the
package selection, and point to the file on the floppy containing the old
package selection.
Is this possible at all? is there any other way of "cloning" RH installation
to a different box/different hardware?
Any help will be appreciated.
regards,
Y.
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| Allen McIntosh 2004-01-23, 7:23 pm |
| In article <3f6cf766$0$4188$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Yud <NOSPAMyuval@iapl.net.au> wrote:quote:
>Is this possible at all? is there any other way of "cloning" RH installation
>to a different box/different hardware?
(This question gets asked from time to time. Try google.)
Some possibilities:
1) Network the two machines together. Use something (e.g. knoppix) to boot
Linux on the new machine. Build filesystems on the new machine, then
copy stuff over through the network. Advantages: No hardware hacking.
Disadvantages: You may need to poke some holes in security to do this,
so don't connect to the rest of the world while you are doing it.
2) Move the disk from the old machine to the new machine as the primary
drive. Boot up. Clone. Advantages: Fast. Disadvantages: Moving
hardware. May not work due to harware differences (esp X).
3) Move the disk from the old machine to the new machine but not as the
primary drive. Boot up something (e.g. knoppix, or maybe rescue mode
will work). Clone. See (2) for adv & disadv.
4) Move the disk from the new machine to the old machine, not as the
primary drive. Clone the system. Move the disk back. (Sometimes
it's easier to use a boot floppy for the initial boot on the new
machine.) Advantages: You have a working system while you are doing
the clone. Fast. Disadvantages: Moving hardware.
Unless you are really lucky, you will have to re-configure X.
I'd suggest setting the system up to boot to run level 3 (no X)
instead of 5.
I've done each of 2 and 4 at least once, so it can be done.
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| Markku Kolkka 2004-01-23, 7:23 pm |
| Yud wrote:quote:
> I installed RH9 on an old machine (to play with), only to find it runs a
> bit too slow. I found a faster box I can use for RH, however, I don't want
> to go through the entire installation process as I selected packages
> manually. I thought kickstart will be the right tool for the job but it
> looks like I have to create the config from scratch. Is there a way I can
> create a kickstart file by using my existing config?
A kickstart file matching your selected configuration is automatically
created during installation, and stored in /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
--
Markku Kolkka
markku.kolkka@iki.fi
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| JOHN SMITH 2004-01-23, 7:23 pm |
| I suggest using the redhat kickstart script and simply edit/paste the
/var/log/rpmpkgs to the package selection section.
That should give you a fresh, new install with the same packages you had
on the old system.
JS
Yud wrote:quote:
> greetings,
>
> I installed RH9 on an old machine (to play with), only to find it runs a bit
> too slow. I found a faster box I can use for RH, however, I don't want to go
> through the entire installation process as I selected packages manually. I
> thought kickstart will be the right tool for the job but it looks like I
> have to create the config from scratch. Is there a way I can create a
> kickstart file by using my existing config? Is kickstart the right tool for
> the job?
> What I would ultimately like to do is capture my current package selection,
> save it to a floppy, start RH9 installation on the other box (which has
> different hardware), perform the entire installation up to the point of the
> package selection, and point to the file on the floppy containing the old
> package selection.
> Is this possible at all? is there any other way of "cloning" RH installation
> to a different box/different hardware?
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> regards,
>
> Y.
>
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