On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 10:20 -0500, Thomas E Dukes wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Chris Mauritz > > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:08 AM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Moving files to new server > > > > Thomas E Dukes wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am getting a new computer and am going to need to move the files > > > from the old to the new. What is the best way to do this? > > > > > > Should I install CentOS from scratch on the new computer > > then move the > > > directories I need? How do I maintain permissions if this > > is the best way? > > > > > > > If you have the luxury of having both machines online at the > > same time, why not just use the easy way out and use rsync? > > Or as someone else suggested, you could physically attach the > > new drive to the old computer and copy the data to to it with > > any number of tools (tar/dump/cp/etc....). > > > > Cheers, > > I can put both online but have never used rsync nor dump. The old pc is > old! A P3-450, 18GB HD. The new one is a P4-3.0Ghz with 1GB ram. The way > CentOS will do the partitions will probably be different than from the old, > especially the SWAP. You don't need to copy swap. > The old system has been upgraded numerous times since > RedHat 8.0. I like the idea of a fresh install but want to make sure I have > everything working on the new without missing something I installed on the > old one. You can just use disk druid and create your partitions any way you want ... I personally grab the old hard drive, stick it in the new PC and use rsync (or cp -a ) to copy each partition into the new one. > > Decisions, decisions............. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060305/b0ddfd94/attachment-0004.sig>