Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-05-07 Thread Passive PROFITS
Thanks for all the help/advice folks; nice! :) Have finally got a (desktop) system I'm happy with and will (hopefully!) have fully configured it by tomorrow eve. I will attempt then to back it up, and return to the list (no doubt!) if I get stuck! Great to know the 'user support' isn't fiction!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-28 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 23/04/07, Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] 2: sudo cp -r * ~mark/backup - this copies (including subdirectories because of the -r option) all the files into the backup subdirectory of my home directory ~mark - you'll need to replace mark with your own username - running it

[ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Passive PROFITS
Hi All, This is my first post to the list. I'm new to both Lunux and Ubuntu, though I've tried on and off over the last 10 years to get a linux installation working, finally, with Ubuntu, I've done it (or more accurately the OS community has!!). Anyway. Having just fully set up my desktop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Dean Sas
Passive PROFITS wrote: Hi All, Anyway. Having just fully set up my desktop (LAMP installation of server running fine!), I've just trashed it by misconfiguring x.org config. I perhaps could have tried some neat boot CD to fix it, but thought better, and have just started completely

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Mark Harrison
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Passive PROFITS Sent: 23 April 2007 17:31 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!! Hi All, This is my first post to the list. I'm new to both Lunux and Ubuntu, though I've tried on and off over the last