Thanks. I managed to save them on a floppy and have saved the instructions for future. I'm not sure that it completed the job and I wouldn't know how find out. It sort of stopped with a blinking cursor at the bottom, but no indication to say it had completed the task. Is that normal?
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 18:18 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > 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. > >
