[ale] Is this a brain transplant or a heart transplant?

[Cliff Free]

He probably won't, but he just needs to run whatever scripts normally set up
the environment on Debian... whatever they are, probably all in /etc.

On 10/10/05, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Except I don't think he's going to have an env-update, is he? I never
> saw that or source /etc/profile outside of Gentoo.
>
> Barlow, Jim D wrote:
>
> >We Gentoo buffs do this all of the time as a routine part of
> >instalation. I've done it with knoppix...
> >
> >Stolen from the Gentoo install documentation, you can mount your
> >filesystems, chroot into position, and then run your profiles to make
> >sure your environment variables are set:
> >
> >
> > Mount the /proc file system first, copy over the /etc/resolv.conf
> >file and then chroot into your environment.
> >
> > Code Listing 1.1: Preparing and chrooting
> >
> > mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
> > cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/
> > chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
> > env-update && source /etc/profile
> >
> >I always mount /mnt/boot too...
> >
> >Then configure and compile your kernel & modules and install, making
> >sure your grub is ok.
> >
> >http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml
> >
> >Good luck. - Jim
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> >Scott Denlinger
> >Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:13 AM
> >To: ale at ale.org
> >Subject: [ale] Is this a brain transplant or a heart transplant?
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I'm running Debian testing, and my processor recently died. I used this
> >as an
> >opportunity to upgrade my processor and system board, and now I need to
> >figure
> >out how to use my old hard drives, which contain a perfectly functional
> >Debian
> >system, with my new board and processor. Basically, my question is
> >whether I
> >can use my current partititions and data, and just compile a new kernel
> >to
> >match my new system board configuration. The system board, processor,
> >and
> >several peripherals no longer match exactly, so I definitely need a new
> >kernel.
> >
> >I thought I might be able to boot into something like Knoppix, let
> >Knoppix tell
> >me what *it's* using for modules, then use that info. to compile my new
> >kernel,
> >but I'm not sure how I can do that from Knoppix, and I've not come
> >across
> >anything on the web which describes how this would work. Can I recompile
> >a
> >kernel just by mounting the root and boot partitions Knoppix recognizes
> >and
> >then compile a new kernel using sudo? Would anything I compile in this
> >scenario
> >boot properly when I'm done and no longer want to boot Knoppix?
> >
> >Or, are there some basic parameters I can pass on the command line as my
> >OLD
> >kernel (2.6.4) starts to boot that would drop me into a basic root shell
> >from
> >which I could recompile? I would have to pass in enough info. to get it
> >to deal
> >with my new Pentium 4 processor--the old one was a K7 Athlon.
> >
> >The worst-case scenario is that I could just wipe out my current disk
> >configuration and reinstall completely, since I've got my critical data
> >backed
> >up, but I'd intriqued by the challenge of getting a new kernel to work
> >with the
> >setup I have.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any advice.
> >
> >Scott Denlinger
> >
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