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    Moving an install to a different computer

    I currently have Knoppix 4 installed on hda8 of my laptop.
    I've spent a lot of time customizing it and adding the software I want/need.
    And some of the software didn't install easily

    With it all working fine, I would really like to install it on my desktop as well.
    I've made an image of the installed partition using Acronis TrueImage, and what I would like to do is use that image and copy everything to my desktop computer.

    I know there will some issues ... one of them being the fact that on my desktop, the hard drive will be hdb1 instead of hda8.

    So the main question(s) is:
    Once I restore from the TrueImage, can I boot using the live CD then edit files using VI or Kedit and change any references from hda8 to hdb1 ?
    And if so, what files would need editing ?

    If that isn't possible...
    Then my 2nd option would be to do a fresh install on the desktop and copy the stuff I've customized over from the laptop to the desktop. What I don't know is what files/directories would need copying. My /home of course. /opt? /usr? I guess what I'm asking here is when installing using apt/dpkg/synaptic, what directories are files copies to?

    TrueImage will preserve permissions, so I don't think that is an issue.
    Any other things I should be prepared for ?

    And since this isn't a production install, I can tinker with things until I get it all right. In fact, I kinda want to so that I learn about this. I'm not scared getting my hands dirty, but I'm just not knowledgeable enough to know what I need to do to get the thing running enough to fix everything that will need fixing.

    Thanks a bunch for your help.

    -- Brent

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    try, should work ok, /etc/fstab must be edited and such, you will get erorr messages...
    if you find a problem ask here, we will try to answer.
    i have copied many installs from disk to another.
    mostly get some minor trouble easily fixed, usualy, by editing /etc/fstab /etc/modules... and reinstaling grub or lilo (or ading install to the bootloader already there)most occasions this has worked well (one install had some trouble with the kernelconfig).

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    Moving to a different computer is just about the same as moving to a different HD the same machine. Yuo will have to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab files.
    http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19389

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