On 10/2/06, augie <grayfox78@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Hey Pluggers,
> Got a question, you guys might be able to provide some answers for.
> I've been running Simply Mepis on an older case and (noisy) hardware (AMD
> Athlon 1.1) and have aquired an HP with a 2.1G cpu and bigger HD and no
> noise.
> My question is how do I move my /home from the old boxen to the new one?
> I've installed the OS on the new one. Do I just hook up the old hd to the
> new
> one as slave and dd the /home partition using a live cd? If anybody can
> provide the correct (in detail) processes, I'd be forever indebted.
> --
>         augie
> grayfox78 at cox dot net
>
> In a world without walls or fences, who needs windows or gates?


  I usually tar/bzip my homedir then transfer it across the network with scp
or something.