On 17/09/10 14:18, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 17/09/10 13:35, alan c wrote:
>> On 16/09/10 09:57, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>>> One gotcha that you should be aware of when using a fresh
>>> operating system install is that usernames and groups in linux
>>> are actually really numbers (UID and GID)
On 17/09/10 13:35, alan c wrote:
> On 16/09/10 09:57, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>> One gotcha that you should be aware of when using a fresh operating
>> system install is that usernames and groups in linux are actually really
>> numbers (UID and GID) and the name is mapped to the UID in /etc/passwd.
On 16/09/10 09:57, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> One gotcha that you should be aware of when using a fresh operating
> system install is that usernames and groups in linux are actually really
> numbers (UID and GID) and the name is mapped to the UID in /etc/passwd.
>
> If you are the first user (the ad
On 17 September 2010 01:27, David D Lowe wrote:
> On 16/09/10 22:02, Tommy Pyatt wrote:
>> You may be able to compress it first into a .tar.gz or other compressed
>> archive of some sort, then you could store it anywhere. I think I've
>> done that before, but i'm not certain.
>>
>>
> Last time I t
On 16/09/10 22:02, Tommy Pyatt wrote:
> You may be able to compress it first into a .tar.gz or other compressed
> archive of some sort, then you could store it anywhere. I think I've
> done that before, but i'm not certain.
>
>
Last time I tried that, it took half an hour before spitting out an
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On 16/09/10 18:45, David D Lowe wrote:
> Which filesystems are suitable for one's home directory backups?
>
> I assume Fat32 is a no-no, but what about NTFS, which supports POSIX
> case-sensitive filenames and file permissions?
>
> Or do I have to u
Which filesystems are suitable for one's home directory backups?
I assume Fat32 is a no-no, but what about NTFS, which supports POSIX
case-sensitive filenames and file permissions?
Or do I have to use a traditional Linux filesystem like ext3?
David D Lowe
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On 16/09/2010 10:33, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>> I frequently read that, before carrying out various operations, one
>>> should first backup the home folder. Does this mean simply taking a CD
>>> and copying the home folder to it?
>> This is absolutely possible although probably not totally nec
Reinstalling using the existing home folder is a fabulous idea thanks!
But you still need to back up in case of problems. And I back up
constantly anyway in case I accidentally delete files myself or am
struck by lightning etc etc.
I use rsnapshot, which keeps rotating timed backups in a very
To achieve a reinstall/upgrade of this nature simply boot from a
recent CD and when you get to the partitioning step, choose to
'manually' partition the disk. Choose where you want to install and
make sure 'Format' is _not_ ticked. The installer will go through
/bin, /usr, /var, /etc, /lib and s
On 16 September 2010 10:29, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 September 2010 10:24, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>> Which distro installers support this?
>
> It's a feature of Ubiquity. I do not know if the alternate CD also has
> the feature because I've not tried it recently.
>
For those that don't know, Ubi
On 16 September 2010 10:29, ian pettitt wrote:
> I was unaware of this useful feature - I am very cautious when using the
> partitioner :-)
>
Some are less cautious, and "discover" the feature by accident.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2010-September/228201.html
(read entire th
> > I frequently read that, before carrying out various operations, one
> > should first backup the home folder. Does this mean simply taking a CD
> > and copying the home folder to it?
>
> This is absolutely possible although probably not totally necessary.
>
> > Assuming that this is correct d
On 16 September 2010 10:24, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> Which distro installers support this?
It's a feature of Ubiquity. I do not know if the alternate CD also has
the feature because I've not tried it recently.
> They actually "rm -rf" those directories
> first?
Yes.
> If so, this is indeed an
On 16/09/10 09:55, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 September 2010 09:05, ian pettitt wrote:
>> I think that is correct. I have my /home on a separate partition to the
>> system (/), so when I have reinstalled my data, settings, email etc. are
>> retained
>>
>
> I've lost count of how many times I've said
On Thursday 16 Sep 2010 09:55:33 Alan Pope wrote:
> To achieve a reinstall/upgrade of this nature simply boot from a
> recent CD and when you get to the partitioning step, choose to
> 'manually' partition the disk. Choose where you want to install and
> make sure 'Format' is _not_ ticked. The insta
On 16/09/10 08:58, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> I frequently read that, before carrying out various operations, one
> should first backup the home folder. Does this mean simply taking a CD
> and copying the home folder to it?
This is absolutely possible although probably not totally necessary.
> A
On 16 September 2010 09:05, ian pettitt wrote:
> I think that is correct. I have my /home on a separate partition to the
> system (/), so when I have reinstalled my data, settings, email etc. are
> retained
>
I've lost count of how many times I've said this but it seems many
people don't know.
Y
On 16/09/10 08:58, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> I frequently read that, before carrying out various operations, one
> should first backup the home folder. Does this mean simply taking a CD
> and copying the home folder to it?
>
> Assuming that this is correct does it mean that if I mess things up or
I frequently read that, before carrying out various operations, one
should first backup the home folder. Does this mean simply taking a CD
and copying the home folder to it?
Assuming that this is correct does it mean that if I mess things up or
even have to re-install Ubuntu from scratch, copying
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