lnthai2002 at aim.com wrote: > Thomas E Dukes wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am getting a new computer and am going to need to move the files > from the > > old to the new. What is the best way to do this? > > > > Should I install CentOS from scratch on the new computer then move the > > directories I need? How do I maintain permissions if this is the > best way? > > > If you have the luxury of having both machines online at the same > time, why not just use the easy way out and use rsync? Or as someone > else suggested, you could physically attach the new drive to the old > computer and copy the data to to it with any number of tools > (tar/dump/cp/etc....). > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > Wow, i never heard about rsync. What's that? http://www.samba.org/rsync/