<p>I use a separate /home dir and also copy the old home folder to a removable drive. If everything works as expected, I don't have to load back from the removable. I feel a move from Ubuntu to Linux Mint or debian-testing in my near future as well, Ron. I like Ubuntu, but a good change would be fun. I work in a Red Hat shop now, so there is some argument for running CEntOS on the desktop, as well.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 26, 2013 2:23 PM, "Stephen R. Blevins" <<a href="mailto:stephen.r.blevins@gmail.com">stephen.r.blevins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
One approach:<br>
<br>
1) Under Ubuntu:<br>
a) Carve out an additional partition, sized to hold both the /home partition, and all but 10-20GB of the ext4 free space. Ensure this partition is located at the top end of your cylinder numbers. Use gpartd for this, as required.<br>
b) mount this partition to some stub directory (e.g. /mnt/newpart)<br>
c) *Copy* all existing /home/* files to /mnt/newpart.<br>
2) Install Mint, specifying the "current" Ubuntu partion, but mounting the newly created partition to /home.<br>
<br>
I do this all the time. Having /home as its own partition on the disk saves me tons of headaches.<br>
<br>
Questions? Feel free to ask.<br>
<br>
Stephen R. Blevins<br>
<a href="mailto:stephen.r.blevins@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephen.r.blevins@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
On 05/26/2013 10:19 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I just had a frustrating experience and want to learn how to avoid it<br>
next time.<br>
<br>
Previously, I had set up all my machines to dual boot with ubuntu and<br>
windows. I've now decided to move to Mint since I'm disenchanted with<br>
ubuntu. Yes, I know they share the same core.<br>
<br>
The hdd in question had an ext4 partition which was ubuntu and an ntfs<br>
partition which I use for data. I booted a mint live cd, mounted the<br>
ubuntu file system by clicking it within the file browser, and copied my<br>
ron folder to the ntfs partition. It complained about some files being<br>
inaccessible, but still copied about 43 MB of data, which looked like<br>
the right number.<br>
<br>
I then proceeded to install mint in the ext4 partition. When I started<br>
the installer, I selected the option to erase ubuntu and install mint. I<br>
eventually got mint booting and working the way I wanted. Then, I went<br>
back into the file browser and told it to copy the files back from the<br>
ntfs partition to the new mint home directory and merge any duplicate<br>
folders. I made the mistake of using a move command rather than a copy<br>
command. At some point, it generated another error saying it couldn't<br>
copy some files. I cannot remember the exact message. I clicked skip<br>
all. The net result is that about 43 MB of data was copied to my new<br>
home folder and about 387 MB of data wasn't copied. Unfortunately, the<br>
files were removed from the ntfs folder even though they were skipped,<br>
which I think is a design flaw.<br>
<br>
The net result is that I lost about 9/10 of what was in my original<br>
ubuntu home folder unless I can find a backup somewhere. I don't think<br>
there was anything too critical, but who knows.<br>
<br>
So, can anyone please tell me the proper procedure to move the contents<br>
of my home folder from a ubuntu install to a mint install so this<br>
doesn't happen next time I install mint on another computer?<br>
<br>
Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
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