[GRLUG] old /home to new computer

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:49:16AM -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> I'm ready to try to move my /home/eric directory to the new computer
> (/home mounted on its own partition). 
> 
> I'm thinking I just copy the contents over. Should I first erase what
> the installation put into /home on the new computer?

There shouldn't be anything there.  If there is, copying over your data
would replace any filenames that are duplicates.  I've done this a
number of times and have never had a problem.
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john-thomas
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