On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:35:29 +0100 Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> I know that I should backup /home before installing 9.2, but what is > the best way to do this? > > I have a CD-RW drive, but have never used it except as CD-Rom! Would > it be best to do backups on CD-R or CD-RW? > > Alternatively, I have some private web space - can I just FTP a copy > of /home temporarily into cyberspace and grab it back if disaster > strikes? > > I was told a while ago that my /home partition was too small. I assume > > this can be fixed when I install 9.2, but will the process of > enlarging the /home partition destroy the contents? Well, I'm in a similar situation, in that I want to make my /home partition bigger when I install 9.2, so I'll tell ya what I did. I created a dir called "backup", and put everything in there of any importance, like config files (.bashrc, .pekwm, .fetchmailrc, .gtkrc, all those hidden "dot" files/folders, etc.). In your case, you might want to include say .kde, .mozilla, .gaimrc or whatever if that's what you use. Tar it all up like so (thanks to the advice I got on this earlier): tar -czf backup.tar.gz backup then burn that to a CD. Personally, I use GCombust, just open it, go to data files, add dir, select the backup.tar.gz you created, then go to the burn tab and hit "combust". K3B might be easier for you, I don't know, I've never used it. The advantage to doing it this way is that when you reinstall, you can untar this backup folder and it'll have all of the permissions and so on preserved. You can copy the contents of .mozilla into the .mozilla dir on the new install, and you'll have all the old settings back. Anyway, ya, I'm wipin' everything,/,/home, and starting from scratch with a nice big 40GB /home partition, maybe bigger, I don't see how I'll need more than 10 or 15 GB for system, even with all the games. The rest of the stuff you might have, like mp3'z, movies, etc., just burn 'em straight to CDR. Go over everything twice to be sure, and if there's something you're not sure about, ask. Just out of curiosity, how much space have you used on /home anyway? Do a "df" in a terminal and see what the usage is. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You can only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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