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hello,

i'll receiving new laptop christmas (and thank god that, because 1 have 7 years old , on last legs). informed friend possible me move entire /home folder old laptop new installation of ubuntu on new laptop, provided versions of ubuntu (8.10) , user names same, via external harddrive.

gave me impression copying entire folder external hd needed done, , /home folder moved new hd, , /home folder there deleted, , things sort of...work out. true? saving , not saving if this? instance, programs such wicd , wine? part of /home folder - in other words, wouldn't need re-install of old settings?

i've read bit on ubuntu forums on questions having /home folder, concerns people looking make separate partitions /home folder , things of nature, isn't i'm after @ all. feedback give me on appreciated.

it should 100% reliable copy on home directory , find settings back, if install same ubuntu, , have same username , user id.

in backing /home, must sure copy ownerships, permissions , links well. can use rsync that, provided destination drive formatted linux file system.

rsync -av /home/$user /media/<yourdrive>/home/$user

not able copy ~/.gvfs directory: normal , not problem.

may need reinstall applications used, not installed default. these automatically take on old settings there.

alternatively, tar /home, result in big archive can store on file system supports large files (for example, vfat supports 4 gb).


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