[gentoo-user] Install Migration

[Randy Barlow]

I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and 
although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup 
for a simple desktop system.  What I would like to do is get the same 
install (packages, config files, etc) as are currently used, but have it 
all on one file system for simplicity.  I know I can use DD to copy a 
filesystem, but I don't think that will work in this case.  I was 
thinking of doing a fresh install and then using my backup of /etc to 
try and get the same setup.  If I copy the world file from the previous 
system and emerge -e world, will that get all the packages I currently 
have?  Afterwards I would just copy the rest of /etc into place and go 
about on my merry way.  Are there any problems with this approach?

R
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