How to safely copy home dir one cpu to another?

[Eric "Shubes"]

Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> What is the recommended procedure and correct syntax
> to copy one's home directory from one computer to another? 
> 
> I make regular DVD backups of my home directory on my main 
> Linux box and would like to copy the complete home directory 
> onto my laptop on which I have installed the same distro. 
> Of course, the laptop has some attributes that are different, 
> such as the processor, cd/dvd drives, video card, etc. 
> 
> Are there any risks or potential problems to avoid in using a 
> command syntax like the example below to copy my complete home 
> directory (3.2 gig) from the desktop box DVD backup to the laptop?  
> 
> cp -pruv /mnt/cdrom/joe/* /home/joe
> 

To be on the safe side, and give you a chance to work out any kinks, I'd
copy the CD to a temporary directory, then mount the temporary directory at
(over top of) /home/joe. That way, you can always revert back to your
present /home/joe directory.

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-Eric 'shubes'