[mdlug] New computer

[Garry Stahl]

On 08/07/2014 09:25 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 19:07 -0400, Garry Stahl wrote:
>> I have a heartbeat.  I'm burning the openSuse 13.1 disk right now.
>> I need to move the /home directory from Phoenix to the yet to be named
>> machine.  This never works as well as I would like.
>> This time the new box shares no components with Phoenix.  Both are fully
>> functional.
>> Suggestions, offers of help, marriage, other?
> Attach removable storage, backup /home.  Install on new machine.  Attach
> removable media, restore /home.

I might have a spare driver big enough.  Yea home is 378 gig, I have a 
couple of 500s rolling around.

>
> Or install on the new machine and rsync across a network from the old
> machine to the new machine - WHEN NOT LOGGED IN AS THE USER.
>
I should be root on both machines?  Why does that matter?

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