Clone old linux pc to new pc

[statesmanjeff]

I have an old 1.7gig pc thats running a modded Ubuntu Version 9.?
Its running a couple of programmes perfectly and NEVER gives me troubles.
My knowledge of linux is very limited and i needed a lot of help to get it this good. I dont want to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.? happy how it is.
Im very worried that one day it will die.
I have a new duel core sitting here ready to go.
Yes i could load Ubuntu 9.? onto it but its the installed programmes i cant re-load as it even took a linux guru a while to get them right.
How can i clone this new pc to be exactly like my old one?
I want to keep the new one on standby for when the old one dies and just plug it in.

[RHCP]

Also, with the new computer, you may want to consider setting up a software mdadm raid-1 as additional protection. (everyone has a spare hdd)

Cheers.

[fandtm666]

if you were to clone the hard drive and save the image then it would not be an issue if you replaced the drive in the old pc.

But

by cloning and putting into a new pc that could cause issues with the config because of all the new hardware.

personally i would make a clone image and save it and hope the hardware in the old pc does not crap itself apart from the hard drive

[statesmanjeff]

Thank you both very much.
Yes i do intend on using new hardware as parts for the old pc im using are no longer available.
So if i used "SystemRescueCD" , will it only work on a pc with the same hardware?
This is what im trying to avoid.

[fandtm666]

what will happen is that the cloned image will have everything as it is currently.

then when you put that onto a new system you will need your mate to add the new hardware and reset what ever needs to be so it uses the new hardware in the same manner.

[RHCP]

As has been mentioned, just give it a go. Ubuntu is much better at accepting new hardware than windows (in this type of scenario). The worst thing that would happen is it doesn't work... or you get weird problems - but there's no harm in trying and there may be ways around certain problems.

Cheers.

[osiris777]

i have Kubuntu on my laptop and i actually installed it on another machine and then took the hard drive out of that laptop and just put it in another one and it ran perfectly and i have seen this done with Linux Mint too.
i would try just putting the hard drive into the new machine, i will probably just work perfectly fine.
Kubuntu is just the KDE version of Ubuntu

[Lofty2]

Why don't you just install Ubuntu 10.10. The Synaptic Package manager is pretty good these days and it makes installing programs pretty easy.
If in doubt you can always google info on any program instal.