[dundee] Gutsy Gibbon Upgrade

Wed Oct 17 01:36:49 BST 2007

Im going to have to disagree with you there.

It an easy task of migrating linux boxes between hardware
or drives, because.

a) the is no sid of the system , and you user profile does'nt have
the sid of the parent system emmeded it in, there just text files

b) the linux kernel is designed to just run, on what ever hardware
it's boots on...
on winblows has gone through the setup process is puts
weird stuff that only bill knows about in the the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive, and it's mess, so moving XP to
a different physical diskk or hardware is problematic, and microsoft dont even like you doing that!!!!!

so, I'll happy give you and hand migrating you boot disk, home area's,,

you should never need to reinstall a unix box, it's ALWAYS recoverable, **ALWAYS** so Digit man, I'm going to
have to disagree with you.

comments.

"Digit (SG)" <digit.siljrath at googlemail.com> wrote: "move ubuntu"... depending on how many personal settings you've fiddled to get just how you like it and how many of your own files you've got mingled in there with it... i'd probably say it's definitely easier to go for a clean install.  installing another operating system onto a drive along with the os already there is really easy these days.  i say so, because if i can do it, it's gotta be easy ITwise.  there are so many partitioner tools that all seem to work flawlessly and easily with lush gui control. 
thnx to saikee's thread, i've got over a dozen partitions on my machine which, all but the ones on my 300gb sata, are used just for shopping around checking out new distributions.
saikee's thread:  http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=147959 just incase u decide to go mad.  i had looked at dozens of threads and how-tos but it wasnt until this that everything was made simple.  click.

ps, do tell me if you notice i post that link too much.  :D 

On 16/10/2007, David Thornton Snr <davidthorntonsnr at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi all,
I have today installed the above over the network using "update-manager -d" from the command Alt+F2. It took about 11/2hr but, the result is great at the moment, had to fiddle about with my Nvidia dvr and monitor  but that was no real bother. 
The link is http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/710rc
for anyone wishing to have a peak, if you've not already done so. 
Our home network is running 3 PC's 
1st) my daughters running XP,
2nd) my sons' running Vista (don't ask me why...I don't know! In a moment of madness 1 to many 1664's..........) 
3rd)  mine, have one HD (250gig) with LinuxMint and a second with Unbuntu  7.04 (80gig)

I made up a external switch so i could 'switch-on' either drive, without going into the box
But i do have a question, 
How easy is it to move Ubuntu over to the other HD which has plenty of room or, would it be easier to  just do a clean install on the other HD, as i would have to mount it first which I assume would be the easy bit. I have Mint running very nicely and don't want to over-write it. 
I would like to use the other to use as a server, ( never done it but want to try) 

Last thought...I was on a site that had LUG's logo's on but can't remember where....thinking maybe put DLUG's one on?

Dave Thornton
I'm learning all the time with Linux

---------------------------------
  Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows.  Try it now.

_______________________________________________
dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list
 dundee at lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk
 https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee
Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk

-- 
The Universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice. The language is not Narn, or Human, or Centauri, or Gaim or Minbari. It speaks in the language of hope; It speaks in the language of trust; It speaks in the language of strength, and the language of compassion. It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul. But always, it is the same voice. It is the voice of our ancestors, speaking through us, And the voice of our inheritors, waiting to be born. It is the small, still voice that says: We are one. No matter the blood; skin; world; star; We are one. No matter the pain; darkness; loss; fear; We are one. Here, gathered together in common cause. we agree to recognise this singular truth, and this singular rule: That we must be kind to one another, because each voice enriches us and ennobles us, and each voice lost diminishes us. We are the voice of the Universe, the soul of creation, the fire that will light the way to a better future. We are one.
 _______________________________________________
dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list
dundee at lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee
Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk

---------------------------------
 For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/dundee/attachments/20071017/71ed7490/attachment-0001.html