On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:02, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Ummm, I think using a GUI might be a tad easier for a newbie Chris. =) 2 points. 1) If somebody cannot type 37 characters they shouldn't be anywhere near a 'puter. 2) He can cut and paste my _single_ line into his xterminal or Konsole and press the return key. Job done. He cannot do that with your _5_ lines of complex explanations.
> I would backup all of /etc and also all of my Home Directory. Yes I'd agree with that, so add the /etc as per:- find ~ /etc | cpio --create > /dev/fd0 Hopefully all the files in your /etc are world readable, If not you'll have to be the root user. > Most > important stuff is then backed up at that point. You can use a floppy > and drag n drop using Konqueror (graphical file manager) or you can burn > to CD using K3B (Graphical CD/DVD Burner). What a complex fiddle! He'll need a diploma to do that. :-) > Hope that helps. > > Cheers > > Jason > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:42, Lindsay wrote: > >>I have been using Ubuntu Warty for about 10-12 days now. > >> > >>I have set up Evolution email, and GAIM with some personal settings and > >>contacts. There maybe one or two other things that I have configured > >>for personal choice as well. > >> > >>Now what I want to do is save this data. I do not know the first thing > >>about how to do this - whether CD or floppy would be best and what > >>procedure to follow. I dont want to read a 64kb page on a website > >>giving such instructions because of time constraints. All I want is a > >>simple ABC of say doing this on a CD, whether the CD has to be a special > >>format, whether more than I think needs to be backed up, and how to go > >>about this. I.m not not wanting a diploma course. > > > > Put floppy in drive > > find ~ | cpio --create > /dev/fd0 > > > > Good until you have more content in your home directory than the floppy > > will hold, when you will need a CD-rw and the cdrecord program. > > > > man cpio for all the gore. > > > > If you have put any configuration changes in places other than your home > > dir you are SOL without going on the "diploma course" which you will > > discover at:- > > > > man find > > > > > > have fun. > > > > -- > > Sincerely etc., > > Christopher Sawtell.
