>> stormy@stormy-desktop:~$ sudo dd if=/home/stormy of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1024k You DON'T want to do that... (long explanation, do your reading) "cp -r ..." would work but my preference is: rsync -av --progress --checksum /my-source/ /my-destination YMMV... ET Eric Cope writes: > please excuse my ignorance, why would cp -r not work? > Eric > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:33 PM, betty wrote: > >> I installed the new drive into the new computer. I'm going to transfer >> the home directory to a usb drive and then to the new computer. >> This is the command i tried and the result i got. >> >> stormy@stormy-desktop:~$ sudo dd if=/home/stormy of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1024k >> [sudo] password for stormy: >> dd: reading `/home/stormy': Is a directory >> 0+0 records in >> 0+0 records out >> 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.000942499 s, 0.0 kB/s >> stormy@stormy-desktop:~$ >> >> What is wrong there? i am such an idiot on command line stuff. aghhh. >> Thanks. >> betty i. >> >> Joseph Sinclair wrote: >> > First, I'd definitely recommend going with a new SATA drive on the new >> machine. You'll find everything just works better and the added reliability >> of a newer drive makes for a lot less stress (although regular and frequent >> backups are definitely the best peace-of-mind tool). >> > >> > For the data transfer there are 3 simple options: >> > 1) If you have, or can borrow, a large enough USB drive (flash or HDD), >> I'd copy everything (I prefer rsync, but dd is a good choice too) to the USB >> drive, then copy from that to the new computer. >> > 2) Temporarily install the old drive in the new machine on the ATA >> (CDROM) interface (if the new machine has an old-style ATA interface for the >> CD drives), and copy the data from one drive to the other (definitely use >> rsync here). >> > 3) Connect the two machines to an ethernet router/hub and use rsync to >> transfer the files over the ethernet connection. >> > >> > However you end up doing the transfer, I'd definitely recommend retaining >> a separate backup of all of your personal data (pictures, documents, music, >> videos, etc...) as part of the process, if at all possible. >> > >> -- >> betty i. >> www.webcanine.com >> information for people >> who care for dogs. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Eric Cope > http://cope-et-al.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss