You risk losing or screwing up some of these things with a new install anyways. Might as well avoid complication, just back 'em up and start fresh, imho.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > This will also remove all of the settings that you may want to keep, > so be careful! > > Things that may be stored in "dot-files" (hidden files and > directories) in your home directory: > - Mozilla bookmarks, settings, and plug-ins (you will have to > re-install flash for your user after removing ~/.mozilla) > - Window manager settings including your customized desktop "look and > feel" (which may or may not be compatible with the new version of the > window manager you are using) > - Your text editor settings (especially important if you use vim or emacs) > - Customized environment variables you may or may not know you are using > - SSH "authorized keys" and custom config settings (may be a good idea > to get rid of some cruft here, anyway) > > > If I lost all of my dot-files, I'd be screwed! > > -Mark C. > > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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