Hi Gustin, Thanks for the tips. I have already formatted the external drive at ext3. I've been using rdiff-backup for a few years so the extra work is trivial.
Robin On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Just use rsync if you are copying files once. rdiff-backup is nice if > you want to maintain copies of changed files, but for one offs, the > overhead and extra complexity gains you nothing. > > For these kinds of copies I use the following > rsync -avP /source/directory /destination/directory > > With those flags, if something goes wrong and you want to pick up > where you left off, the -P (equivalent to both --partial and > --progress) lets you do exactly this. > > Also, I would format the external drive as ext3, there can be > performance issues with NTFS. I would not use FATx for the external > drive (most HDs come formatted as NTFS these days, but not always). > > Hth, > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Richard Carter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Shawn, > > > > Thanks again for the tips. I am doing a fresh install on the empty drive > in > > the new PC. I'll use rdiff-backup to back up /home on the old drive to > an > > external HD. Then I'll just copy everything from the external HD to the > > newly created /home on the new PC. This way the HD in the old PC will > > remain intact, as you suggest. > > > > Robin > > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> When I'm upgrading my boxes, I like to just buy a new drive and do a > fresh > >> install there. Then hook up the old drive (I have an external USB > adapter > >> for this) and copy over the data I need. This approach *is* a bit more > >> expensive, but it buys me a large safety margin in that if the new > install > >> borks on me, I still have my old environment as a backup. I'll reuse > drives > >> after a reasonable amount of time, and having a couple of spare drives > >> around for whatever purpose is always handy. But this isn't the "right" > >> choice for everyone, I know... > >> > >> Good luck with the upgrade/migration. > >> > >> Shawn > >> > >> On 10-09-20 11:50 AM, Richard Carter wrote: > >>> > >>> Shawn, > >>> > >>> Thanks for your reply. Judging from what you wrote I believe I have > >>> just a "typical desktop/workstation" with no special features of the > >>> type you mention. So I guess I'll copy over just /home. > >>> > >>> Robin > >>> > >>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Shawn <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > >>> You haven't given us enough information. If this is a typical > >>> desktop/workstation, then copying /home may be all you need to do. > >>> > >>> But, if you have a special setup, there may be more. For instance, > >>> if you have setup Apache on the old box for development purposes, > >>> you may want to move over your customizations (if any) for Apache. > >>> If you have set up revision control, you would need to explore how > >>> to migrate your repositories, etc. > >>> > >>> In my case, I *do* have those sort of specialized setups. But when > >>> I upgrade or install a new box, I just recreate them as needed - it > >>> only takes a few minutes, and helps keep me in practice and the > >>> knowledge fresh. :) > >>> > >>> HTH. > >>> > >>> Shawn > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10-09-20 11:31 AM, Richard Carter wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Folks, > >>> > >>> I have 2 desk top PCs both with AMD64 processors: "new" with AMD > >>> Athlon > >>> II X4 635 and no OS, "old" with AMD Athlon 64 2800+ and debian > >>> 5. I'm > >>> going to install debian 5 for AMD on "new" and I'm usure about > >>> which > >>> files from "old" I should copy over to "new". I'll certainly > >>> copy /home > >>> but what about /etc, /var and /usr? > >>> > >>> Robin > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clug-talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clug-talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clug-talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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