Re: Restoring Old System | |
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Al Sparks wrote:
I'm trying to restore an older system from bare metal. So what I do is install RHEL, install the backup client (netvault), and proceed to restore, but exclude /etc and /boot from the restore. After the restore, I can't get a X-Windows display. What else should I exclude from the restore?
It would help if you could be a bit more specific about "can't get an X-Windows display", such as error messages or more detail about what happens. Remember that X went from XFree86 to Xorg between RHEL 3 and 4, so if you're restoring /lib[64], /usr/lib[64] and things of that nature, you may be stomping on the Xorg stuff you need to make it go. In fact, it's entirely likely you're stomping on LOTS of the system and I'm somewhat amazed it even boots up since your kernels, applications, libraries and such are fairly interdependent. Ideally, backups should back up everything, but you should only restore that which you need such as /home, /usr/local, /opt and things where you know your applications expect them. Another option is for you to boot up the new bare metal off one of the many live CD distributions out there (Fedora comes to mind) and use that to do the restore to get a functional system again. Note that it'll be the old RHEL version. Once that's done, boot the newly functional system and do an upgrade to the new RHEL you want. That way you have all the old stuff you had AND get the new RHEL. It's just a thought (and I've done it before). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer rps2@xxxxxxxx - - Hosting Consulting, Inc. - - - - The world is coming to an end ... SAVE YOUR FILES!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe
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