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   Edmund to Monsieur   
   Re: Copying home folder to new machine   
   04 Sep 25 08:41:15   
   
   From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 9/1/25 21:20, Monsieur wrote:   
   > Mike Scott wrote:   
   >> On 01/09/2025 17:01, Monsieur wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Linux can be an ass sometimes.   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Any reason not to use rsync? Run as root and use -a option /after/   
   >> reading the manpage carefully.   
   >   
   > That manpage is 5009 lines long, no thank you. I'll figure it out with   
   > trial and error and internet searches.   
   >   
   >   
   He don't know that because he didn't read it himself :-)   
      
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