This was I can wipe the drive it’s on and install a new OS without losing anything in /home/

  • EdgeRunner@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    I dont like the MV home. 😅

    My advice :

    • login as root.
    • rsync -av /home, on the new disk.
    • fstab : comment the old home’s line, don’t delete, and copy it to change the identifier (path or uuid).
    • noob tips, add a new file in the new home.
    • login to check it is ok (with su - user), and check there is the new file.

    You can now delete or keep it as a save.

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      10 months ago

      the mv home is just renaming the folder so you can mount home in the same space. Rsync is probably better than cp but I didn’t want to suggest tools that op doesn’t have installed.