Backup and move to another PC

[Rei Shinozuka]

On 08/03/2015 02:21 PM, s_s_shahin at fastmail.fm wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I need to move my Ubuntu to another PC, how do I do that?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
i recently had the opportunity to migrate off older hardware to a newer 
mobo, 8-core CPU, newer video.  Because all the hardware had changed, I 
preferred doing a clean install rather than a clonezilla approach.

1. I performed a fresh install onto the new hardware off CD.
2. put the new system on the LAN
3. Using aptik, i backed up the packages I had installed on the old 
hardware.  By copying over the data file to the new system, I was able 
to get a fresh install of all packages on the new hardware.
4. Rsync -avP brought user data (home directories) from the old system 
to the new
5. I brought over files in /etc such as hosts fstab (for NAS nfs mounts)
6. I had to build some software from source, easier if you are neat and 
keep your sources in /usr/src or in one place
7. Now is a good time to back up the system with clonezilla
8. Having the old system on-line for a short period of time with the new 
system was a good way of picking up odds and ends I had left out


aptik was the only noteworthy step in the process and it worked very 
well for me.  i saw it in:
http://www.howtogeek.com/206454/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-apps-and-ppas-in-ubuntu-using-aptik 


-rei