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From: John Lindsay on 18 Jul 2010 08:50 I am currently using debian lenny as my primary computer. It's a Dell Dimension 8300, P4, 3.4G with 1G Ram. 60G HD. I also have a Dell Optiplex GX620 which currently has win7 on a 300G HD with 1.5g ram. I will be removing files from the win7 and storing them on DVDs and installing Debian on it. How can I clone/transfer my current working machine with all it's files/programs like thunderbird/iceweasel etc to the GX520 and still retain a working system? John PS I have file backup manager 'Pybackpack' currently running but I don't think that is what I want. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C42F196.2060706(a)sentex.net
From: Jordon Bedwell on 18 Jul 2010 09:20 On 7/18/2010 7:20 AM, John Lindsay wrote: > I am currently using debian lenny as my primary computer. It's a Dell > Dimension 8300, P4, 3.4G with 1G Ram. 60G HD. > I also have a Dell Optiplex GX620 which currently has win7 on a 300G HD > with 1.5g ram. I will be removing files from the win7 and storing them > on DVDs and installing Debian on it. How can I clone/transfer my current > working machine with all it's files/programs like thunderbird/iceweasel > etc to the GX520 and still retain a working system? > > John > > PS I have file backup manager 'Pybackpack' currently running but I don't > think that is what I want. > > Backup Windows first, put the old HD into the new computer, boot up to Linux (you might have to edit Grub at this point) then dd the MBR to the new drive on the new computer, then sync the rest of the drive either using rsync, copy or dd. Then move the HD's back in their original places and edit grub again. -- Cheers, Jordon Bedwell http://envygeeks.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C42FE38.3050804(a)envygeeks.com
From: Mark on 18 Jul 2010 10:50 On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Jordon Bedwell <jordon(a)envygeeks.com>wrote: > On 7/18/2010 7:20 AM, John Lindsay wrote: > > I am currently using debian lenny as my primary computer. It's a Dell > > Dimension 8300, P4, 3.4G with 1G Ram. 60G HD. > > I also have a Dell Optiplex GX620 which currently has win7 on a 300G HD > > with 1.5g ram. I will be removing files from the win7 and storing them > > on DVDs and installing Debian on it. How can I clone/transfer my current > > working machine with all it's files/programs like thunderbird/iceweasel > > etc to the GX520 and still retain a working system? > > > > John > > > > PS I have file backup manager 'Pybackpack' currently running but I don't > > think that is what I want. > > > > > > Backup Windows first, put the old HD into the new computer, boot up to > Linux (you might have to edit Grub at this point) then dd the MBR to the > new drive on the new computer, then sync the rest of the drive either > using rsync, copy or dd. Then move the HD's back in their original > places and edit grub again. > Or you could just use Clonezilla.
From: H.S. on 18 Jul 2010 20:00 On 18/07/10 09:14 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > > Backup Windows first, put the old HD into the new computer, boot up to > Linux (you might have to edit Grub at this point) then dd the MBR to the > new drive on the new computer, Regarding the dd'ing of grub, why not just do (after booting in to the system as you described): # grub-install /dev/sdX where /dev/sdX is the new drive? -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i204e1$a32$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Klistvud on 19 Jul 2010 03:40
Dne, 18. 07. 2010 16:43:32 je Mark napisal(a): > > > > Backup Windows first, put the old HD into the new computer, boot up > to > > Linux (you might have to edit Grub at this point) then dd the MBR > to the > > new drive on the new computer, then sync the rest of the drive > either > > using rsync, copy or dd. Then move the HD's back in their original > > places and edit grub again. > > > > Or you could just use Clonezilla. > > Even GParted apparently has an option to "copy partitions" these days. Of course, it must not be run from one of the disks you're trying to clone, those have to be unmounted. A live system would be fine. But, whatever of the above methods you choose, you should be aware that it will also clone fstab, partition labels, UUIDs and so on - so you should plan ahead to change that manually afterwards, if needed. -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1279525252.22793.1(a)compax |