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From: Oliver Iberien <odilist@sonic.net>
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Subject: Moving to new disk - just new install + moving user data?
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In the FAQ, under 9.2, "How to I move my system over to my huge new disk?", it 
says: "The best way is to reinstall the OS on the new disk, then move the 
user data over." By "user data", does that mean /usr as a whole?

It sounds like this would mean (for me, running 6.0/KDE at the moment), 
putting a (minimal?) install of 6.2 on the new drive, getting the peripherals 
and drivers sorted out, then using dump to move the contents of the old /usr 
to the new /usr. 

That can't really be it -- can it? And how does KDE fit into this -- can I 
just activate kdm after having transferred /usr over?

Thanks,

Oliver