Copying Data SOLVED

[bj218]

In detail how do I copy & paste "Bill's Home" to another HD partation? I want to do this so I can return my data to a newly
installed ver of Mint ie ver 7.









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[DrHu]

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... &sk=t&sd=a

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]How to restore your package selections

1. You need to restore the /etc/apt/sources.list file (see section above about copying /etc recursively ...) and then you need to tell dpkg to read your package list:
sudo dpkg --set-selections < packagelist.txt

=> The system will now take over the package selections that were previously defined on the original or previous system.

2. All you need to do now is to execute the install process:
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

=> Result: You now will have the same packages installed like before on "System #1"

"Armed" with these commands you can also clone installations (e.g. produce identical systems with identical software selections) in a couple of minutes. Just make sure you get the /etc/apt/sources.list right (e.g. it should be the same on all systems).

--same issue, the important part if you want the application set (your current installed) restored..


http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/11/1 ... in-ubuntu/
mintbackup and then restore the compressed data..
--if the data fits into a flash or usb stick, use that, and just copy back when the new system is created

But that won't get you the applications or updates you have installed
--so maybe remastersys or even partimage to get all the data or possibly aptonCD to get the applications

Linuxmint.com
--has this link for a Red Hat utility; hot copy program, snapshot of your running system
http://www.r1soft.com/tools/linux-hot-c ... =linuxmint

[bj218]

Thanks for all the information. It looks like this will ans. my problem.