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Thread ID: 98722	2009-04-04 18:49:00	Save contents of old computer	jcr1 (893)	Press F1

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762337	2009-04-04 18:49:00	I am building myself a new machine:eek: and wish to save the contents of the old machine onto my synology server, from where I can access it for my new machine, as and when required. As anyone got a recommendation as to the best method of doing this?	jcr1 (893)
762338	2009-04-04 19:44:00	Im not familiar with Synology servers, but being linux-based I would assume they will support ssh, and therefore scp If this is the case, I would 'man scp' in the linux console and then do something like this: scp -r /folder ip-of-destination:/destination/folder/ I think thats correct syntax, been a while since I have done it You will need to know your root or user passwords on the remote machine (in this case the Synology server) Just noted: Synology servers have a GUI so therefore should have their own tools for importing data from the clients. I see they also have extensive support and help documents on thier site :) Look to be very user friendly	Myth (110)
762339	2009-04-04 23:45:00	Thanks Myth. I guess I was looking for something I probably don't have to worry about. The browser interface works quite well (on the synology server) and I can treat the various directories as if they're just on the PC I work with i.e. from "my computer". I also figured out how to use ssh from PuTTY, then use the command line; had to for one or two things that can't be done from a GUI. I actually appreciate it because it keeps my hand in with linux, now that the Synology 108j has made my Debian box redundant. Another thing, I can also connect with Filezilla.	jcr1 (893)
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