You most probably backup data, in Linux the "/home" folder including all subdirectories. Not sure if it is possible to save a list of installed packages in Linux.
CD-ROM is cheapest if there is enough space, DVD is larger and magnetic tape provided you use modern tape drive is the largest. > All, > > I have EMC2 2.3.0 running on Ubuntu 8.04LTS and it is driving a desk-top > CNC machine. I know, pretty old stuff. But it is running fine and I am > starting a project that will last a month, or so. I just noticed the > hard-drive is making noise/vibration and wonder if it will make it through. > > I think it would be great if I could make an image of the disk and copy it > onto another. That way I could swap it out quickly and finish the > project. Is this doable with an old OS? I have everything from WinXp to > Win10 and Ubuntu 8.04 to 16.04 running in the shop, so I can use another > computer to make and copy the disk images. Any and all suggestions are > welcome! Thanks. > > PS: I do have back-up CD's but I think it could take awhile to build an old > OS and old EMC2 software. Besides, all the OS libraries are archived by > now and could be hard to find. > > Best regards, > -- -- > Glenn > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
