Re: [LUG] upgrading

[Neil Stone <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Mike Chidley wrote:
| I`ll shortly be receiving a new computer :-)..... my question is how
best to
| move my system from my old computer to my new computer as I have never
done
| this before.
|
| My current system is an intel celeron 400 + ATI Rage Pro card + 8gig HD
| +20gigHD. I run RedHat 8, which is entirely on the 20gigHD. It is a
dual boot
| system with Windows 98.
|
| The new system will be AMD athlon 1800+ geforce4 + 40gigHD. Hopefully
will be
| dual boot with Windows XP.
|
| I have two options as I see it.....
|
| 1. Move the 20gig HD to the new computer and run it as a slave to the new
| drive.
|
| 2. Repartition the 40gig HD and do a clean install, but then i`ll have
to set
| everything up again.
|
| I would really like to do option 1, but how do a go about changing the
config.
| i.e for the new hardware....I really haven`t got a clue how to do it.
|
| Help.....
|
| Thanks
|
| Mike
|
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Most systems i have delt in with redhat have the majority of the config
stuff in /etc..

you could try a combination of new install and copy files across... new
instll.. copy /etc to the new install (backing up the freshly installed
config 1st tho)

Neil
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