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   From: none@not.here   
      
   William Unruh wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-13, Felix  wrote:   
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   >> I want to add the C drive* from a working LM 22.x PC via USB to another   
   >> LM 22.x PC for the purpose of transferring a lot of personal files. ie.   
   >> Photos, docs, PDF, etc., My question is.. would the Linux installations   
   >> on the drives somehow interfere with or corrupt each other in any way? I   
   >> know I can use a USB stick to  transfer the files, but just connecting   
   >> the actual C drive via usb saves having to transfer the files twice.   
   >> (once to USB stick then from the USB stick to the main PC).   
   >>   
   >> * sorry, I don't know the linux name for the drive with the OS   
   > The simplest way of transfering files on Linux is to use rsync. You need   
   > ssh and rsync installed on both machines.   
   >   
   > Now you say these "C" driives are each attached on separate machines   
   > each running Linux Mint. You do not say whether they are also attached   
   > to networks (either by ethernet cable or by wireless).   
      
   the machines are connected to the same router via ethernet cables, but   
   are not on a network   
      
   >   On LM1 ( the   
   > machine containing the C drive now containing those personal files you   
   > want to transfer)   
   > rsync -avxAHX /path/to/C/drive/directory LM2:/path/to/C/drive   
   >   
   > That will transfer all of the files in /path/to/C/drive/directory on LM1 to   
   > machine /path/to/C/drive/directory on the the machine LM2. It also   
   > compares hashes of the files on the first machine to the hash of the   
   > drive transfered to LM2 to make sure that no error has crept into the   
   > tranfer. The speed is limited to the speed of the network connecting   
   > them   
   >   
   > If you have the drive C which contains the personal files, there is   
   > absolutely nothing which prevents you from installing that same drive   
   > onto the other machine. Just give it a different name.   
   > Eg on LM2, as root to   
   > mkdir /Cold   
   > mount /dev/sdb6 /Cold   
   > then you can trasfer the files from /Cold to /C using rsync, or cp.   
   >   No need for networks or usb cables.   
      
   That's exactly what I have done now. I select the boot drive via F8,   
   then transfer files using drag and drop. Since I have HD carriers* in   
   the computer, it's very easy to add the other drive, or any drive for   
   that matter, and remove them when not needed. Thank  you very much for   
   this information. :)   
      
   * https://tinyurl.com/ms6sce2a   
      
   >   
   >   Note that this is NOT Windows. C has no meaning except what you give   
   >   it. When the directory is mounted it is solely thename you give it   
   >   (Cold above) the system does not look into Cold and see that it is a   
   >   Microsoft file or a boot file.   
   >   In fact under Linux you control the file or directlry names.   
   >   
   >   
   >> TIA   
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