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On FC4 I've done a complete copy all partitions onto the network using
a live cd<br>
then copied them to a new pc<br>
<br>
then just reconfigured the hardware and everything worked fine.<br>
<br>
obviously this wouldn't work on something like gentoo, I don't use
ubuntu so <br>
I can't comment. But it won't break anything to try that first.<br>
<br>
Kris<br>
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<br>
Glenn Booth wrote:
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cite="mid2feac00f0608281437n59c60868ia82f95e3226ea46e@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi,<br>
<br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/08/06, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Neil Greenwood</b> <<a
href="mailto:neil.greenwood.lug@gmail.com">neil.greenwood.lug@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">You
can definitely copy home with no ill-effects. </blockquote>
<div> </div>
<div>That raises an interesting point. Given that a whole bunch of
apps now write</div>
<div>a ".something" file into /home/$USER, what's the best way to
copy an old</div>
<div>/home directory to a new machine (I mean which command line
switches for</div>
<div>a 'cp' or 'tar' command)? </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Copying the documents, downloads etc. is easy enough, but
couldn't it be </div>
<div>risky to just copy all the 'dot' files willy-nilly? .bashrc
might come through</div>
<div>unscathed, but stuff like Thunderbird probably won't (I've been
there!)</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I'd be tempted to back up all the 'dot' (hidden) files
separately from the 'normal' files</div>
<div>and directories, and copy them (or the relevant bits) to the new
install as </div>
<div>required. Am I being paranoid? </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Glenn.</div>
<div> </div>
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