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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 :-)              --       -------------              Godspeed for Assange       Amnesty for Snowden       Rehabilitation for heroes              Edmund              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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