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> Christoph,
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> Re your method of transfer to a new HD, im left uncertain as to exactly
> what you mean by a "clean system." Otheroperating systems, to varying
> degrees, may become contaminated in time by orphaned files and degraded
> performance, do you feel that is also true of Linux?
Hi, Haines,
well, I don't know (truer word was seldom spoken...), but if you don't
clear out old versions of programs you no longer need, or don't delete
*.tar files after you install something, there is a certain accumulation
of junk. Does it matter, apart from hogging space? This brings me to a
question that has popped up recently: is there a defragmentation program
for Linux? Or doesn't e2fs need one?
Would be nice if anyone shared his wisdom on that.
>
> Another consideration. In Linux one has large numbers of laboriously
> configured files scattered all over the place. Does not your method
> assume you know the names and locations of all these files?
In my understanding, most of these are shared libraries and such, these
would be reinstalled if you installed like you did the first time.
>
> Also, there are so many interdependencies among packages, I assume that
> by a fresh installation of RH5.1 you mean some kind of minimalist
> installation just sufficient to copy all partitions over from the old
> HD to the new one.
Nope, I meant an installation just like the first one, with all the
packages chosen the same way. Then you'd only have to copy apps you
installed from somewhere else and user data (possibly everything in
/home).
>
> Would it not be easier just to install the new HD, partition it and
> format the partitions, cp over all the data on all partitions of the
> old HD, and then just swap the drives?
Yes, but you'd have to watch out for your loadlin configuration.
> send
> smtp%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> get imap
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> Haines Brown
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.hartford-hwp.com
Well, Haines, your way is probably better, but to quote Frank Sinatra "I
did it my way". And it worked.
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See you, Christoph Hammann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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