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On Wednesday 18 July 2007 20:38, Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> On 7/18/07, Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > instead of two emerge --emptytree it would be faster to just nuke the |
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> > installation.... |
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> > I agree. Just back up /etc, make a copy of your world file and any |
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> > other config files you may need and start from scratch. At least then |
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> > you KNOW for sure where you started from and that something didn't get |
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> > missed somewhere. |
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> > Oh, don't forget /home either. |
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> I was just going to reply about that when you remind me I can keep the |
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> world file, and all the portage configs... |
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> Maybe I'll start from scratch then, copy the configs back and start an |
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> "emerge -uDN world" to get it all back, I guess this will save me some |
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> time, as I have all the tarballs from this two years at a network |
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> storage using NTFS. |
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You could always set your flags as you need them for the new machine and the |
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cross compile into a chroot. Finally, tar your new chrooted fs, transfer it |
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over to the new machine and untar. That's the theory anyway. I have not |
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practised what I preach, but I'm sure it is described somewhere in the forums |
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and Wiki. |
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Good luck. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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