Re: [MLUG] dead drive

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 11/6/05, Nowlin, Dan <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>
> OK I have tried everything I can think of to get an image of this drive with
> no luck.  I have an idea to keep from having to reinstall everything but
> first some background:
>
> OS: FC4
> OS makeup: 3 drives, 1 CD
>     Pri/Mst: /
>     Pri/Slv: swap, /var (dead)
>     Sec/Mst: /home
>     Sec/Slv: CD
>
> OK here is what I was thinking:  If I image the Pri/Mst and Sec/Mst drives,
> setup the new Pri/Slv drive like the one that died, install FC4 with the
> same partition makeup, then restore the Pri/Mst and Sec/Mst images.  Would
> this work?  I just do not want to have to reinstall PHP4, UW-IMAP, PROFTPD,
> and a few other non FC4 standard packages not to mention uninstalling things
> that I do not need or want on my server.
>

That will probably work.

If your custom installed packages are in /usr/local, you can tar it up
and drop it in your new install.  No imaging required.  Also save
config files in /etc

Most of /var is just logs, lock files, and cached stuff.  No big loss.
 But you mentioned PHP4.  Were you keeping web stuff in /var/www?  it
would suck to lose that.

Regards,
Mark
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