From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HvTaA-0006mA-Uz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:35:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l557Yhkm024103; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:34:43 GMT Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za (sqlprd.sybase.co.za [192.96.139.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l557UWiK019436 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:30:33 GMT Received: from localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B3A83439 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:41:27 +0200 (SAST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sybase.co.za Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AyImLA08BkzP for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:41:18 +0200 (SAST) Received: from bard.sybase.co.za (bard.sybase.co.za [192.168.2.6]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D1983430 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:41:18 +0200 (SAST) Received: from nazgul.sybase.co.za ([192.168.2.68]) by bard.sybase.co.za with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:32:14 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install Migration Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:33:28 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <4664899A.1080803@electronsweatshop.com> In-Reply-To: <4664899A.1080803@electronsweatshop.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706050933.28819.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jun 2007 07:32:14.0671 (UTC) FILETIME=[A33D75F0:01C7A743] X-Archives-Salt: 69a60123-a8d9-4ae7-84d6-74dc3fa55a25 X-Archives-Hash: 9f0feda42ca686c7734375a6f12f2f16 On Monday 04 June 2007, Randy Barlow wrote: > I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and > although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup > for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same > install (packages, config files, etc) as are currently used, but have > it all on one file system for simplicity. I know I can use DD to > copy a filesystem, but I don't think that will work in this case. I > was thinking of doing a fresh install and then using my backup of > /etc to try and get the same setup. If I copy the world file from > the previous system and emerge -e world, will that get all the > packages I currently have? Afterwards I would just copy the rest of > /etc into place and go about on my merry way. Are there any problems > with this approach? No need to reinstall, you just need to shuffle some stuff around. But first, what is your setup? Post the results of 'df -h', {pv,vg,lv}display and fdisk -l so I can see how big etc your partitions and volumes are. Also fstab alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list