[Trisquel-users] Re : No GUI and Backup Home through Terminal

[lcerf]

*You* wrote your disk was mounted at /computer/media/user/TOSHIBA (where, I  
assumed, "user" was to be substituted by your login)! Anyway, plug your  
external hard drive (and no other removable device) and type "cp -a /home/*  
/computer/media/" followed by some tabs until it does not give give you a  
longer line (the command interpreter "autocompletes" your command). Then  
press the enter key. The command will then copy the home directories of all  
users of the system to the root of your external hard drive. That can take  
hours.