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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] cloning + upgrade howto?
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:54:19 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tkrat.46db93b3f701a95b@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> (raw)

Hi,

I'd like to transfer a GenToo installation from old hardware to a new
machine (adm64).

I've a running Gentoo system which has exactly the same hardware as
these new machines but this system has much fewer packages installed.

Is it possible to clone this running Gentoo system, essentially
overwrite
/var/lib/portage/world
with the larger version of the old hardware except some 64bit related
packages and then run
emerge --keep-going -j4 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world
on the new machine.

Or are the any snags?

Many thanks for sharing your experience,
Helmut.

-- 
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany



             reply	other threads:[~2009-07-23  6:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-23  6:54 Helmut Jarausch [this message]
2009-07-23  7:09 ` [gentoo-user] cloning + upgrade howto? Neil Bothwick
2009-07-23 13:35   ` Nevynxxx
2009-07-23 14:36     ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-27  8:33       ` Nevynxxx
2009-07-27  9:05         ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-27 21:39           ` [gentoo-user] " ABCD
2009-07-27 21:46             ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-27 21:51               ` [gentoo-user] " ABCD
2009-07-28  8:55                 ` Helmut Jarausch

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