I can recommend Mondorescue (http://www.mondorescue.org) It can backup to file, cd, network, disk etc... I made numerous backups and restores with this very good (free) tool... On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:23:00 +0100 Kevin Thorpe <kevin at pricetrak.com> wrote: kevin> From: Kevin Thorpe I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a CentOS 5 install between servers? kevin> kevin> I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was thinking of rsync this time. kevin> kevin> Is that an acceptable thing to do or have I missed something important? kevin> kevin> thanks -- Test <test at remedial-teacher.nl>