Basho Lim wrote: > Hey everyone. Is there a way to transfer my /home directory to > another partition without reinstalling Linux? My /home directory is > common to both FC5 and SuSE.
Yes. Cameron suggested rsync. tar is another good app. tar -cvpf myhome.tar ~/* will create an archive of your home directory, and tar -xvpf myhome.tar /mnt/newpartition will extract it to your new partition, assuming it's mounted there. Note that cp won't work, as it will miss all the hidden files. From there, you just mount the new partition as /home. Making the change in your /etc/fstab should make it permanent. > Also, is there a way to have a common partition to both FC5 and SuSE > that would contain all the software that I want to install and be used > by both Linux OS? I wouldn't suggest it. Each distro tends to have its own way of doing things, and I wouldn't assume that the contents of, say, /usr are compatible between SuSE and Fedora. Chad Martin ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
