On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 11:52 AM Thomas Wolff wrote: > I wouldn't expect most tools to work on special files in /dev. Even tar > fails on /proc, it would begin to pack your local registry... > Make a basic installation on the new system, then sync the rest. > An even cleaner way might be to clone your installation via setup, using > /etc/setup/installed.db - maybe someone has a script for that - > and then just sync the /home hierarchy. script I wrote some time ago for re-installation https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46829532/cygwin-save-package-selections-for-later-reinstall/ > Thomas Regards Marco