Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system

2020-11-18 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 18 November 2020 19:16:55 GMT antlists wrote: > On 18/11/2020 11:22, Michael wrote: > > However, if you really want to have your /home directory on the same > > partition > > as / then a step by step approach could be: > One big problem with /home on / is that a rogue luser can DoS

Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system

2020-11-18 Thread antlists
On 18/11/2020 11:22, Michael wrote: However, if you really want to have your /home directory on the same partition as / then a step by step approach could be: One big problem with /home on / is that a rogue luser can DoS your system by filling the disk. Same reason you should keep /var on a

[gentoo-user] X11 server not seeing font dirs

2020-11-18 Thread n952162
Can anyone say why I have the error messages in my Xorg.0.log file that I list below? xlsfonts(1) does not list fonts that are in /usr/share/fonts. If I add them with "xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/courier-prime" they appear and then disappear in the "xset -q" display.  They are not available to

Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system

2020-11-18 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 18 November 2020 06:46:35 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 11/17/2020 11:26 AM, Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 17 November 2020 17:47:09 GMT the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> I'm looking for an idea to duplicate my old gentoo system. > >> I'm using old programs that require

Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system

2020-11-18 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 02:49:10 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> or is it >>> as simple as coping all file from "home" partition to "/" home folder. >>> >> That's what I would do.  First, umount /home.  Mount /home somewhere >> else like /mnt/tmp or

Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system

2020-11-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 02:49:10 -0600, Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > or is it > > as simple as coping all file from "home" partition to "/" home folder. > > > > > That's what I would do.  First, umount /home.  Mount /home somewhere > else like /mnt/tmp or something.  Copy

Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system

2020-11-18 Thread Dale
the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > or is it > as simple as coping all file from "home" partition to "/" home folder. > That's what I would do.  First, umount /home.  Mount /home somewhere else like /mnt/tmp or something.  Copy everything from /mnt/tmp to /home.  Make sure to remove any entries in

Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system

2020-11-18 Thread Thomas Mueller
from the...@sys-concept.com: > Manual approach might be confusing and prone to errors. > I will try Gparted as you suggested but I was wondering if it will allow > me to combine/join partitions. On most modern system I think there is: > 1 - boot partiton > 2 - swap if needed > 3 - root partition