[SWLUG] Moving Linux

[Kris Zani]

On FC4 I've done a complete copy all partitions onto the network using a 
live cd
then copied them to a new pc

then just reconfigured the hardware and everything worked fine.

obviously this wouldn't work on something like gentoo, I don't use 
ubuntu so
I can't comment.  But it won't break anything to try that first.

Kris



Glenn Booth wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 28/08/06, *Neil Greenwood* <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com 
> <mailto:neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     You can definitely copy home with no ill-effects. 
>
>  
> That raises an interesting point. Given that a whole bunch of apps now 
> write
> a ".something" file into /home/$USER, what's the best way to copy an old
> /home directory to a new machine (I mean which command line switches for
> a 'cp' or 'tar' command)?
>  
> Copying the documents, downloads etc. is easy enough, but couldn't it be
> risky to just copy all the 'dot' files willy-nilly? .bashrc might come 
> through
> unscathed, but stuff like Thunderbird probably won't (I've been there!)
>  
> I'd be tempted to back up all the 'dot' (hidden) files separately from 
> the 'normal' files
> and directories, and copy them (or the relevant bits) to the new 
> install as
> required. Am I being paranoid?
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Glenn.
>  
>  
>  
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