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    Question How to move home directory to another ubuntu

    I have finally gotten AMD64 Precise installed on a new drive. I still have i386 Precise on an older drive. All Apps on the old drive have been installed in the AMD64 Precise. How can I move my Home directory to the new drive?

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    Re: How to move home directory to another ubuntu

    Code:
    rsync -avz source/ destination/
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    Re: How to move home directory to another ubuntu

    rsync is a good bet. you can also tar the whole thing, and then untar it in the right place.

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    Re: How to move home directory to another ubuntu

    we have a GUI backup tool too , open system settings there you can find it .
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    Re: How to move home directory to another ubuntu

    Thanks to all for the responses. I used rsync to copy the Home directory and it seems to be working. My real question which I forgot to ask is if the Home directories created by 32 and 64 bit systems are compatible? Or is there a config file or something waiting to blow up?

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    Re: How to move home directory to another ubuntu

    Quote Originally Posted by sturdy View Post
    Thanks to all for the responses. I used rsync to copy the Home directory and it seems to be working. My real question which I forgot to ask is if the Home directories created by 32 and 64 bit systems are compatible? Or is there a config file or something waiting to blow up?
    There is a lot of confusion with 32-bit and 64-bit floating around. The only thing you need to know is: executable binaries that are programmed to use address spaces with a bit greater than the host OS won't run. This only applies to executable binaries and not stuff like documents of videos.

    Hope that cleared up the confusion.

    EDIT: Can you mark this thread as solved?
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    Re: How to move home directory to another ubuntu

    Thanks to all...I'm up and running.

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