2009/11/24 David Bowskill :
> Hello All
>
> The way I understand it, the first task is to dump the Access file as a
> CSV file and feed this into a ODBC /MySQL driver to create MySQL tables
> - is this correct?
There are two ways I've used:
* MDB Tools
* Pentaho Data Integration
The former can
Hi everyone,
Was just wondering if someone could explain to me how the best way to go
about backing up my setup at the moment.
What I need to do is do is take a "ghost image" (windows term) of my 120gb
hard drive that ubuntu is currently installed on and then restore it onto
one of my newer 500gb
I'd use the -a option to cp rather than dd.
dd preservies/copies far more than you want or need, and requires
you to resize afterwards.
So..
cd source && cp -a . destination
Are you ok with the grub stuff?
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:06:44AM +1100, Ryan Ralph wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Wa
I think I can manage to work out the grub stuff.
Is it possible to guarantee all data will be copied exactly or is that what
the -a option does?
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Ryan Ralph
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> I'd use the -a option to cp rather than dd.
> dd pre
2009/11/26 Ryan Ralph :
> Hi everyone,
>
> Was just wondering if someone could explain to me how the best way to go
> about backing up my setup at the moment.
>
> What I need to do is do is take a "ghost image" (windows term) of my 120gb
> hard drive that ubuntu is currently installed on and then r
-a does an 'archive' copy, meaning that it tries to preserve as much
as it can (permissions, etc.).
If you choose this option, don't use it to copy a live system.
I still think that something like clonezilla is a better alternative.
You preserve the entire filesystem and all its metadata, and you
