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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