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 > reinstalling. > > My question, so I don't end up losing a day (again!) > is what is the best method for me to backup my / ??
The best thing to do is to make a copy of the x.org file before you edit it, then if it breaks you can log-in in 'rescue mode', and do "cp xorg-backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf" (or just boot from a live cd and do it) to restore it. > Questions: > > 1. Which utility do I use to back-up / ? > > nb: I understand I can simply zip/gz/tar the whole > drive's contents .... is that right!? You could do that, if I were backing up a folder to another directory on the local computer that's what I'd do. The other way to do a whole drive backup is to use a command line tool called "dd", you probably don't want to do that. > 2. Can I back up direct from / (ex3) to NTFS > (or do I need to format current NTFS to ex3 1st? As long as you're doing the .tar.gz/.zip method that's fine. If I wanted to backup my system configuration i'd do 'sudo tar czf backup.tar.gz /etc' that would copy everything in your /etc directory to a tarball (like a zip file) called backup.tar.gz. You could probably use gui tools to do it to. Dean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
