On May 12, 2005 10:15 pm, Robert Brockway wrote: > On Thu, 12 May 2005, Alex at Avantel wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out how to set up a new "development" server that > > will have the same configuration as an already existing and working > > "production" server. Doing a straight "bare-matel" restore to a > > different box won't work > > What makes you say that? Linux handles bare metal installs to different > hardware very well. Sure but I can think of lots of files that would prevent correct operation of the new system - fstab, madm.conf, a lot of the boot files, .ssh key files, etc. etc. None of which is much of a problem on bare metal restoration > > tar, cpio, dump and xfsdump are all viable options (the last 2 for > specific filesystems). Couldn't even re-boot after the first few attempts at that - have you done this? > > If you use tar then use -X tar.exclude with the file tar.exclude having at > least: > > /cdrom > /floppy > /mnt > /proc > /tmp > > There are a few things to worry about: > > 1. NICs will probably be detected in a different order (afterall the > interrupts and even the drivers may be completely different). And their configuration will have to be changed back to what's already correct. > > 2. Custom kernels may not be right for the new cpu(s). If necessary, use > the kernel which came with the distro and build a new custom kernel for > the new cpu type. Don't need to - it's already a running system - all I want to do is get a list of ALL the files I need to copy over without having to reconfigure anything when it's done. Thanks . . . Alex ==== > > Rob > > -- > Robert Brockway B.Sc. > Senior Technical Consultant, OpenTrend Solutions Ltd. > Phone: +1-416-669-3073 Email: rbrockway [ at ] opentrend [ dot ] net > http://www.opentrend.net OpenTrend Solutions: Reliable, secure solutions to > real world problems. Contributing Member of Software in the Public Interest > (http://www.spi-inc.org) _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Avantel Systems, and is believed to be clean.