On Wednesday 18 July 2007 20:38, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 7/18/07, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > instead of two emerge --emptytree it would be faster to just nuke the > > installation.... > > > > I agree. Just back up /etc, make a copy of your world file and any > > other config files you may need and start from scratch. At least then > > you KNOW for sure where you started from and that something didn't get > > missed somewhere. > > > > Oh, don't forget /home either. > > I was just going to reply about that when you remind me I can keep the > world file, and all the portage configs... > > Maybe I'll start from scratch then, copy the configs back and start an > "emerge -uDN world" to get it all back, I guess this will save me some > time, as I have all the tarballs from this two years at a network > storage using NTFS.
You could always set your flags as you need them for the new machine and the cross compile into a chroot. Finally, tar your new chrooted fs, transfer it over to the new machine and untar. That's the theory anyway. I have not practised what I preach, but I'm sure it is described somewhere in the forums and Wiki. Good luck. -- Regards, Mick
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