[K12OSN] Restore k12ltsp server backup to another computer

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 11:58 -0700, Savitur Badhwar wrote:

> We have a ghost backup of already running server and we tried to
> restore it on the new computer. IT BOOTED UP but asked for certain
> configuration changes, Because it is a new machine and it does not
> have the same ethernet cards, integrated video; it asked for removing
> the configuration or keeping it. No matter if we remove or keep the
> configuration, it comes out of boot cycle and puts us to command line
> stating trying to swap.
> We would really appreciate if somebody can help us with this
> transition. How can we restore our live server to this new machine.

Can you be more specific about the error message and whether you are
still running and just at the command line instead of starting X
and the graphic login?   If the command line works, does 'df' show
all the same partitions as the old server?

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  Les Mikesell
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