Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-05-07 Thread Passive PROFITS
Thanks for all the help/advice folks; nice! :) Have finally got a (desktop) system I'm happy with and will (hopefully!) have fully configured it by tomorrow eve. I will attempt then to back it up, and return to the list (no doubt!) if I get stuck! Great to know the 'user support' isn't fiction!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-28 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 23/04/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > 2: "sudo cp -r * ~mark/backup" > > - this copies (including subdirectories because of the "-r" option) all the > files into the "backup" subdirectory of my home directory "~mark" - you'll > need to replace mark with your own username

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Mark Harrison
, so I need to install that first with "sudo aptitude install netkit-inetd" 3iv: Then I can run "sudo aptitude install proftpd" and install the FTP server. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Passive PROFITS Sent: 23 Apr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 4/23/07, Dean Sas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Passive PROFITS wrote: > Hi All, > Anyway. Having just fully set up my desktop (LAMP > installation of server running fine!), I've just > trashed it by misconfiguring x.org config. I perhaps > could have tried some neat boot CD to fix it, but > t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Dean Sas
Passive PROFITS wrote: > Hi All, > Anyway. Having just fully set up my desktop (LAMP > installation of server running fine!), I've just > trashed it by misconfiguring x.org config. I perhaps > could have tried some neat boot CD to fix it, but > thought better, and have just started completely > r

[ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Passive PROFITS
Hi All, This is my first post to the list. I'm new to both Lunux and Ubuntu, though I've tried on and off over the last 10 years to get a linux installation working, finally, with Ubuntu, I've done it (or more accurately the OS community has!!). Anyway. Having just fully set up my desktop (LAMP