Re: [DNG] moving to a new system
On 6/26/22 15:56, Radisson via Dng wrote: Am 24.06.22 um 16:05 schrieb o1bigtenor via Dng: Greetings Hoping that I'm not asking too many questions. (moving from debian testing to devuan testing (daedalus) the old system is under 5.17.xx and the new one is on 5.18 if that makes for differences) When your changes are user-related only, have your changes in /home/user this is actually easy. rsync -avz src dst take same time to make yourself familiar with rsync use -n to have a dry run, but do also make same real copies. (I've learnt the hard way that just winging things means a LOT more work and even a greater chance for issues.) My existing system has been a work in progress for over 10 years. So I've gotten things set up quite the way that I like them so things change slowly but in that there are also less 'terror' moments when everything has gone 'goofy'. When your are like my and you have changed a lot of system stuff things are more complicated. propper Programms have there configuration with in /etc. So when you compare your current /etc/ with the new one you have a good change to figure out what you changed in the last 10 years. Unfortunately these days same people thing it is a good idea to store in /usr/share or same where. Here are you on you own. that should help with most issues. Is there any way to move over things like settings (and all the other pamphernania) for browsers and libreoffice and the like? I was thinking of doing things by using scp from the old system to the new one. Dunno if that would create issues or not. Any better ideas - - - - well I'm all ears!!! +1 for rsync. The Arch linux wiki has a nice rsync command for copying a system. It is based on a virtual machine but works nicely for real machines. Adjust the directories to exclude, as well as the source and destination partitions based on your system. Afterwards, you just need to edit the "/etc/fstab" file with the new identifications (UUID or labels based on your system). If new hardware is installed such as a video card, you may need to install the appropriate drivers. The command below assumes /* is the source and /path/to/shared/folder is the destination. # rsync -aAXHSv /* /path/to/shared/folder --exclude={/dev/*,/proc/*,/sys/*,/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,/media/*,/lost+found,/home/*/.gvfs} The link is: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Moving_an_existing_install_into_(or_out_of)_a_virtual_machine I have used this method to copy over arch, ubuntu and opensuse installs onto new hardrives for new machines. Regards, Eric ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] moving to a new system
On 6/26/22 15:56, Radisson via Dng wrote: Am 24.06.22 um 16:05 schrieb o1bigtenor via Dng: Greetings Hoping that I'm not asking too many questions. (moving from debian testing to devuan testing (daedalus) the old system is under 5.17.xx and the new one is on 5.18 if that makes for differences) When your changes are user-related only, have your changes in /home/user this is actually easy. rsync -avz src dst take same time to make yourself familiar with rsync use -n to have a dry run, but do also make same real copies. (I've learnt the hard way that just winging things means a LOT more work and even a greater chance for issues.) My existing system has been a work in progress for over 10 years. So I've gotten things set up quite the way that I like them so things change slowly but in that there are also less 'terror' moments when everything has gone 'goofy'. When your are like my and you have changed a lot of system stuff things are more complicated. propper Programms have there configuration with in /etc. So when you compare your current /etc/ with the new one you have a good change to figure out what you changed in the last 10 years. Unfortunately these days same people thing it is a good idea to store in /usr/share or same where. Here are you on you own. that should help with most issues. Is there any way to move over things like settings (and all the other pamphernania) for browsers and libreoffice and the like? I was thinking of doing things by using scp from the old system to the new one. Dunno if that would create issues or not. Any better ideas - - - - well I'm all ears!!! +1 for rsync. The Arch linux wiki has a nice rsync command for copying a system. It is based on a virtual machine but works nicely for real machines. Adjust the directories to exclude, as well as the source and destination partitions based on your system. Afterwards, you just need to edit the "/etc/fstab" file with the new identifications (UUID or labels based on your system). If new hardware is installed such as a video card, you may need to install the appropriate drivers. The command below assumes /* is the source and /path/to/shared/folder is the destination. # rsync -aAXHSv /* /path/to/shared/folder --exclude={/dev/*,/proc/*,/sys/*,/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,/media/*,/lost+found,/home/*/.gvfs} The link is: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Moving_an_existing_install_into_(or_out_of)_a_virtual_machine I have used this method to copy over arch, ubuntu and opensuse installs onto new hardrives for new machines. Regards, Eric ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!
On 10/14/21 8:00 AM, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: Dear Friends and Software Freedom Lovers, Devuan Developers are pleased to announce the release of Devuan Chimaera 4.0 as the project's newest stable release. This is the result of lots of painstaking work by the team and extensive testing by the wider Devuan community. Great news. Thank you to all who worked so hard to make this happen. I look forward to upgrading my system. Regards, Eric -- "We are—we cannot require someone to be vaccinated. That's just not what we can do. It is a matter of privacy to know who is or who isn't," -- Nancy Pelosi ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng