On 2011-05-12 5:46 PM, Dale wrote:
Alan McKinnon wrote:
Apparently, though unproven, at 23:00 on Thursday 12 May 2011,
Tanstaafl did opine thusly:
If I want to image my system prior to the update 'just in case'
something goes south, am I correct that all I need to worry about is /,
since
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 06:47:59AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On last question/confirmation -
There are a few updates other than just the baselayout/OpenRC updates
pending... can I still emerge those now, prior to the baselayout update,
like normal?
Yes, as long as they do not have a
On 2011-05-16 7:38 AM, William Hubbs wrote:
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 06:47:59AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On that note - I think I asked this a few months ago - I'm assuming I
could continue using the old baselayout for a while, if I wanted,
emerging updates (skipping the baselayout/OpenRC
Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2011-05-16 7:38 AM, William Hubbs wrote:
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 06:47:59AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
On that note - I think I asked this a few months ago - I'm assuming I
could continue using the old baselayout for a while, if I wanted,
emerging updates (skipping
On 16/5/2011, at 11:47am, Tanstaafl wrote:
...
On that note - I think I asked this a few months ago - I'm assuming I
could continue using the old baselayout for a while, if I wanted,
emerging updates (skipping the baselayout/OpenRC updates) for a while,
without any problems, right?
I don't
On Fri, 13 May 2011 22:47:43 -0400, Andrey Moshbear wrote:
Is the bs=2M important? Should one use the block size of the drive?
Speed improvement.
If you're doing a backup of a rather large disk, I duggest piping to
bzip2 or gzip. Unless the free space is random padding, even the
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote:
On 13/05/2011 5:00 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Probably a dumb one, but...
I have /home, /usr and /var on separate partitions...
If I want to image my system prior to the update 'just in case'
something goes south, am I correct
On Friday 13 May 2011 20:11:01 James Wall wrote:
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Andrew Lowe a...@wht.com.au wrote:
On 13/05/2011 5:00 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Probably a dumb one, but...
I have /home, /usr and /var on separate partitions...
If I want to image my system prior to the
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 18:35, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 13 May 2011 20:11:01 James Wall wrote:
Another tool which will work well is dd.
as an example to back up my laptop before experimenting with new
distros, I do dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/backup/jalopy.img bs=2M to back
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Andrey Moshbear andrey@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 18:35, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 13 May 2011 20:11:01 James Wall wrote:
Another tool which will work well is dd.
as an example to back up my laptop before experimenting
Probably a dumb one, but...
I have /home, /usr and /var on separate partitions...
If I want to image my system prior to the update 'just in case'
something goes south, am I correct that all I need to worry about is /,
since /etc is located there?
In other words, is anything on /usr or /var
Apparently, though unproven, at 23:00 on Thursday 12 May 2011, Tanstaafl did
opine thusly:
Probably a dumb one, but...
I have /home, /usr and /var on separate partitions...
If I want to image my system prior to the update 'just in case'
something goes south, am I correct that all I need
Alan McKinnon wrote:
Apparently, though unproven, at 23:00 on Thursday 12 May 2011, Tanstaafl did
opine thusly:
Probably a dumb one, but...
I have /home, /usr and /var on separate partitions...
If I want to image my system prior to the update 'just in case'
something goes south, am I
On 13/05/2011 5:00 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Probably a dumb one, but...
I have /home, /usr and /var on separate partitions...
If I want to image my system prior to the update 'just in case'
something goes south, am I correct that all I need to worry about is /,
since /etc is located there?
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