[ILUG] Question about transferring system

[Michael Treacy]

My server went pear-shaped about 2 weeks ago. I'm currently about to install 
Linux on a new system, but I have a question:

How easy is it to transfer the old user accounts to the new system? Or can 
I?

Just to help any prospective repliers, there are a few things you should be 
aware of:

My old system was running SuSE 6.4 (new system will be SuSE 9.0)
My old system didn't have any backup facilities - cd-rw, tape, etc. (new one 
does!!!)
I've established that my old hard disk is still in perfect condition. (it 
was a 6GB IDE drive)
New system will be dual-120GB disks incorporating RAID

So, can I mount the old disk on the new system and copy over the user 
directories? I'm sure I also need copies of the /etc/passwd files and some 
other hidden files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

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