Thanks. I did a test by just copying all directories and files under the Home directory to a sSD card ina USB adapter and it seemed to work but hiccupped on a few duplicate file names and one invalid file name.
This brings up another issue - Should i look at Mint instead of a newer Ubuntu? Thanks JK On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 9:08 AM Vince Winter <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok Jim, > > Since it mostly simple use case. You just need to copy your home directory. > > I recommend > rsync -avzh /home/<username> <location your copying to> > > > > Below I only recommend if you have solid understanding of uids, guids, > groups, and shadow file. If not, you can just backup your data with above. > ____________ > You can copy the lines from files passwd, group , gshadow and shadow in > /etc/ that match your your username. > > You can later use those lines to build your user on new installation, by > adding those lines to their corresponding files, adjusting uid and guid or > adding groups as needed. > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 10:43 PM jim karlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank to you and several other responders for your advice. > > > > I am very inexperienced with Linux and this machine is used ONLY for web > > browsing and occasional writing, > > .There is nothing complex being done. > > > > As to the old version, I was planning on just clicking the upgrade offer > > that appears on the shutdown screen which mentions 16.xx. I'll see if > that > > ends up offering a later version of LTS. > > > > Thanks for helping. > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:30 PM Vince Winter < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > Do you run virtual machines or containers at all? > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 3:04 PM elcaset <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a reason why you're upgrading to such an old version of > > Ubuntu? > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 4:15 AM jim karlock <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I want to be sure no files are lost if something goes wrong when up > > > > grading > > > > > Ubuntu 14 to 16 both LTS. > > > > > > > > > > Is copying ALL of the Home directory to an SD card sufficient to > > > capture > > > > al > > > > > of the files that I have created or downloaded? > > > > > I have no expectation of an SD card being OK for the long term, > this > > is > > > > > just for the duration of the upgrade process. > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > JK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
