Subject: Re: Changing Servers
From: Sean O. Denney (sdenney@cise.ufl.edu)
Date: Sun Oct 14 2001 - 20:21:24 MDT
You'll have to do a min install of YDL (include ftpd). Network the
two machines, transfer the file from the old machine to the new one,
then ungzip and untar the file. Then just replace everything.
--- Sean
On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Brian Mayton wrote:
> The server I just set up with Yellow Dog Linux is going to disappear because
> the person that owns the computer wants it back. I have another mac that I
> can use as a server, though. I have already tarred and gzipped the entire
> hard drive on the old server. My question is, will I be able to boot off
> the Yellow Dog install CD on the new server, format the hard drive, quit the
> installer, and then use FTP to transfer the file to the new server and untar
> it? Will such a thing work? Please respond quickly as I have to make the
> switch today...
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