Re: replacing system with new hardware

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007, Brantley wrote:
I've inherited a 7yr old 5.0.6 system. It's in Intel server with a Mylex
3000 SCSI controller. This controller is no longer made.

I want to duplicate this system on a newer platform. I use Lone-Tar for
backup.

What is the best way to convert to a newer/different RAID controller? Load
a new OS, restore everything but /stand and /unix and then reconfigure the
odd device that doesn't work?

I would back up everything to an external hard drive, probably
via the network as it would be far easier than getting driver
support to handle the external drives.

One could use Lone-Tar for this, but (a) I'm always a bit leary
of tape backups on old hardware, and (b) there may be problems
getting the tape to run on a new system.

Bill
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