[TriLUG] Upgrade of Desktop

[Carl Crider]

I don't know if Remastersys will be able to help you 100%. However, I
have used this tool to create a live DVD of my current Ubuntu systems,
and re-install the system as well. It will not, however, carry over
any proprietary drivers; you'll have to hack that yourself. There are
plenty of Remastersys tutorials to be found online. I did not provide
links to them because they are numerous, and each one may have
something you need.

http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/ubuntu.html

I do know that Remastersys will allow you to install and format as you
like. This is how I tested EXT4 to make sure everything worked.

Good luck.


On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Matt <matt at noway2.thruhere.net> wrote:
> I have a situation and could really use a few suggestions with that I am
> hoping someone has some good ones for.  At work, we have an older
> desktop PC that we use as a Linux server in one of our labs and I am the
> one who maintains it.   The PC has a copy of Ubuntu 8.04 on it that is
> running under an LVM.  I also think it was formatted as an EXT-2.  For
> some reason, using the LVM was the only way I was able to get the
> distribution to install.
>
> The IT department ordered and delivered a brand new PC to replace it
> with and has given me the PC.  I am looking for suggestions for the best
> way to transfer the old system to the new system.  It would be
> preferable on the new system if I could use a more advanced file system
> such as EXT-4 for better performance.  For this reason, I would like to
> try and avoid just using DD and imaging the hard drive.  At the same
> time, I don't want to do a clean distribution install because we have
> development environments and tools that a lot of effort has gone into.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for the best method to copy the old
> system over, but upgrade the file system in the process?
>
>
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