Goku@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agoHow can I migrate my existing /home/ directory to another drive?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareHow can I migrate my existing /home/ directory to another drive?Goku@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRustmilian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoIn what way? Like a home partition? Home should just be a folder you can copy over in most cases. If it’s a separate partition, most distros can just install to the other partitions without overwriting the home partition.
minus-squareh3ndrik@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agocp -a --preserve=all will help. I don’t have any SELinux permissions set in my home directory. Don’t know why I’d want that on a workstation.
In what way? Like a home partition?
Home should just be a folder you can copy over in most cases.
If it’s a separate partition, most distros can just install to the other partitions without overwriting the home partition.
SELinux rights can be a problem.
cp -a --preserve=allwill help.I don’t have any SELinux permissions set in my home directory. Don’t know why I’d want that on a workstation.