... and i suggest you rm all hidden files and directories in /home/$user. The old configs and permissions can lead to trouble and should be re-created by the new install.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Richard Carter <[email protected]>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]> 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] >>> 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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