On 13 April 2011 10:56, Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Glenn Cogle <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12 April 2011 20:37, Robert Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On 12/04/11 20:26, Glenn Cogle wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm trying to replicate a Debian server, so I > >> > >> 1. did a minimal Debian install on the new server, using a different IP > >> address, then > >> 2. used rsync to copy /etc /opt /home /usr /lib /bin /sbin /var to new > >> server, then > >> 3. rebooted to see how clever I had been. > >> > >> But because the hardware is so different, the network interfaces on the > >> new server are not recognised. > >> > >> Is there a file (or files) that I shouldn't have copied forward? > >> > >> Can I go though all or part of the Debian installation again to fix the > >> NICs? > >> > >> i.e. what should I do different next time? > >> > >> gc > >> > >> I recently upgraded my mobo and cpu and all I had to do was edit > >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > >> to put a # in front of the old network card line (eth0 for me) - you > could > >> delete the line I suppose. > >> The new network card was then detected at next reboot and became the new > >> eth0 > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, Robert > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Robert Fisher > >> (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) > >> www.fisher.net.nz > >> Phone: 03 383 5807 > >> Mobile: 027 228 4698 > >> > >> That worked perfectly! > > > > In my case it was /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules. > > > > Next time I think I'll exclude the /etc/udev directory altogether. > > > > gc > > Not necessarily, some packages add files in there, and may not work > without those files. > > _______________________________________________ >
Thanks - wondered if that might be the case. Note to self: I should have excluded /etc/fstab too, since the old server was all SCSI, and the new one is IDE. gc
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