[newbie] Which directories to back up?

2001-03-19 Per discussione Dr. Trevor J. Stocki
Hi, I am running Mandrake 7.2. I was going to do a back up with tar and gzip. Which directories, should I back up? I read in "the complete idiots guide to Linux (Caldera)". That one should back up: /etc /usr/lib /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/src/linux (if you have modified the kernal) /home

[newbie] Mandrake update: fetching of mirror list failed

2000-12-28 Per discussione Dr. Trevor J. Stocki
Hi, I was trying to update my Linux 7.1 using the Mandrake Update program and I got the message: fetching of mirror list failed. Then it just dumped me out of the program. I can ftp to places ok but my netscape needs a http proxy in order to work. How can I fix this problem? Can I

[newbie] Mounting windows 2000 on Linux

2000-12-21 Per discussione Dr. Trevor J. Stocki
in advance, Sincerely, Trevor -- Dr. Trevor J. Stocki Research Scientist Optical Communications and Electrophotonics Section Broadband Network Technologies Research Communications Research Centre 3701 Carling Avenue Box 11490, Station H Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 8S2 phone

[newbie] Mounting windows 2000 on Linux

2000-12-21 Per discussione Dr. Trevor J. Stocki
in advance, Sincerely, Trevor -- Dr. Trevor J. Stocki Research Scientist Optical Communications and Electrophotonics Section Broadband Network Technologies Research Communications Research Centre 3701 Carling Avenue Box 11490, Station H Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 8S2 phone