Re: [MLUG] Allow myself to introduce...myself

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 03:02:07PM -0700, Gabriel Wilkerson wrote:
> Hello MLU's.

Hi Gabe!

> ask about that yet.  Here's my 3 questions, oh great
> linux genies.
> 
> 1.  What AIM client do you use under linux?  I'm

I use one called 'CenterICQ'.  It is curses-based, which I find
 less annoying to use than a mouse-clicky one.

> 2.  Does anyone have a suggestion about where to look
> for an easy guide to upgrading my kernel to 2.6?

untar the sources and look at README and/or INSTALL.

> 3.  I want to move my linux install from this 6g drive
> to my 20g.  How can I transfer from 1 laptop hd to
> another and preserve my linux install?  I'm thinking
> something like copy entire 6g drive over network to
> ftp server on dekstop, boot from cd or floppy to
> format new 20g hd to ext3, then ftp old 6g drive
> contents onto new drive... Can I do that?

You can do that.  For a boot disk use Knoppix or similar.

Modern distros are so easy to install, I would just backup
/home and /usr/local, then reinstall from the distro boot disk.

You said you are using Fedora?  I think the latest snapshot 
is using kernel 2.6.  Two birds, one stone.

Good luck and welcome to the list.

PS. I found a "Linux on X31" mailing list for my laptop.  Any 
bizarre configuration questions are usually answered over 
there... I don't know if your model has a mailing list.  You 
could always try the linux-on-thinkpad list.

Regards,
Mark
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