Changing machines.

[gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen]

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:58:57 +1000, David Bird <obsidion at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>  Ubuntu/kubuntu does have different kernels for different machines k7,
> celeron, etc so that might be one bit that needs optimisation and
> unfortunately require a reasonable download to get the second up to  
> scratch
> so to speak. Most of the packages should work fine though the only ones  
> I can
> think of that may be a little different if you have them installed is the
> mplayer ones, these are optimised per machine as well.


I figured that the answer would be something like that - it kinda makes  
sense.  So the suggested method of re-installing but keeping as much of  
the archived atp packages as possible is the most sensible path...


just to itterate...

1) install standalone Kubuntu from CD
2) copy /var/cache/apt/archives from old HDD to the new HDD
3) edit the new machines /etc/apt/sources.list to match the old machine  
(copy?)
4) sudo apt-get update
5) sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

could you also copy /var/cache/apt/archives to a CD and use sudo apt-cdrom  
add???


-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
Chance favours the prepared mind