On 02/17/2012 10:59 PM, Les Howell wrote: ... > 1. back up all users using TAR. ... > 7. copy the splits back to /home , use cat to rejoin them and tar -xf. > : all good user directories fully restored. Most people have /home being a separate partition ... I'm not sure I really understand your setup, but of course backups are good - however there should be no need to re-copy /home/ if you keep it a separate partition. It will also keep all the selinux labels and save you a lot of bother. gene -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org