From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-09-02, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 18:01:33 +0200, Monsieur wrote:   
   >> I finally got a new machine on which I installed the latest Mint. Works   
   >> beautifully. Next I copied my complete home folder from the old machine   
   >> on an external ssd and then copied that back to the new machine.   
   >> Unfortunately nothing showed up in the new home folder when I rebooted.   
   >   
   > Was the external SSD formatted in a Linux-native-type filesystem which   
   > preserves file protections and ownerships? Did the copy command/tool   
   > you use preserve all that on the copy?   
   >   
   > Was your user ID on the new machine same as on the old one?   
      
   Good questions -- I'll add two more:   
      
   How *exactly* did you copy "old /home/USER" to the USB disk, and how did   
   you copy stuff off?   
      
   WHERE, *exactly* did you put the stuff on the new machine?   
      
      
      
      
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