I would use rsync over ssh and copy / home

Something like this should work

Rsync -avpe ssh /home user@ipnotebook:/home/user/backup

Or just rsync to a USB disk

Rsync -avp /home /media/backup disk

Andy

On Aug 11, 2012 3:59 PM, "Andrew Greig" <pushin.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I had some trouble with my Notebook and desktop computers last week when
Entangle stuffed the display files on both computers.  I successfully
rebuilt the Notebook because I had a separate /home partition.
Unfortunately the desktop PC  (Suse 12.1 64 bit) was a single partition,
and it will not be quite so easy.  How do I get the files I want from
the desktop onto a dive attached to my notebook?  Ctrl+Alt+F2 gives me a
console in the desktop.  The Notebook is running Gnome.  Once I have my
data tucked away, I get adventurous.

Many thanks

Andrew Greig

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