On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 17:00 +0100, Cassian Luppu wrote: > > > 04 Mar 2008 10:40:59 -0500, DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > "Cassian Luppu" <cassian.luppu@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Should I cp -r /home/user or mv /home/user to /backup > > I guess that it's "mv" right? > > > My procedure is pretty much just this: > > $ mkdir /old-system > $ mv /* /old-system > > > Thanks! > I'm still don't understand why should I do all that from the rescue cd You need to be running a system that doesn't depend on what you are moving (otherwise known as "moving the floor from under you"). You can do it from anywhere that's not running off your standard HD partition, such as a rescue CD or any Live CD version of Linux. It doesn't even have to be Fedora. poc
