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khajvah

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From: Yerevan, Armenia

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[SOLVED]Using existing home partition

Hello ppl,

I am moving from ubuntu to arch. I have a partition for /home with my data in it. If I mount it in /mnt/home like explained in wiki, will my files be kept? I kind of think that I wont lose data, just want to make 100% sure.

Last edited by khajvah (2014-11-03 01:13:34)

graysky

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Re: [SOLVED]Using existing home partition

You may wish to start fresh in arch... Cleaned-up dot files for example.  Just back up first and you should be fine.

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Stebalien

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Re: [SOLVED]Using existing home partition

While arch shouldn't touch your home directory, you should ALWAYS backup important data. Something will go wrong eventually.

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drcouzelis

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Re: [SOLVED]Using existing home partition

I am moving from ubuntu to arch. I have a partition for /home with my data in it. If I mount it in /mnt/home like explained in wiki, will my files be kept? I kind of think that I wont lose data, just want to make 100% sure.

Yes, Arch Linux will not delete your data. Everything in your home directory (documents, images, music...) will not be deleteted.

I also agree that you should remove your Ubunt configuration "dot files", by using a command like this one:

mkdir /mnt/home/khajvah/oldconfigs
mv /mnt/home/khajvah/.??* /mnt/home/khajvah/oldconfigs

After you create a new user in Arch Linux, you may need to use the "chown -R" command to fix ownership on your old home directory.

And finally, yes, you should have a backup of all of your data somewhere. You do have a backup, don't you?

Last edited by drcouzelis (2013-08-30 16:25:53)