is there a gnome tool for backing up /home?
On 1/9/06, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/9/06, Mike Bougie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok folks, I'm fed up. Ubuntu is fun. Gnome blows. I want to switch to KDE. > > > > The last time I did an "apt-get install kde-desktop" there were > > remnants of the old republic that I could not sweep away. I am > > thinking of re-installing Kubuntu but I don't want to lose my /home > > dirs again. > > > > My HDD is ReiserFS partionned. Can I create a new partition and then > > back up existing /home to the new dir and then re-install? > > > > Is this a dumb idea? > > > > ~Mike > > I'm not sure which idea you are thinking is dumb, but backing up your > home directory doesn't usually hurt, and it's quite smart if you are > planning on doing a re-install! > > Personally, I would not create a new partition (unless you have free > space on the disk.) There are a few other things I would consider > first (mostly because I've never used ReiserFS and I don't know how > difficult resizing a ResierFS partition is.) > > 1. You could back up to CD or DVD. > 2. You could back up to USB Flash memory (size permitting) > 3. You could back up to an external HD (someone might even lend one to > you if you ask nice :-) > 4. If you have another computer on your network, back it up to that > one using SMB or the like. > > The only thing I think you need to remember is to tar it all first, so > you keep all of the access permissions, etc. > > Whenever you're resizing partitions, be careful, as you can > potentially destroy data. > > -Mark > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
