[mdlug] New computer

[Aaron Kulkis]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> 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?
>


So that you're not modifying any files while the restore is in progress.

For example, shell history, would just get over-written.

There are other such files, but that's just an example.