Thanks for the tip. Actually, the install went fairly well and the movement of /home to the new PC was successful.
Robin On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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