tom arnall wrote:
On Sunday 20 January 2008 17:49, Marty wrote:
tom arnall wrote:
> besides my home directory, what else should i think about backing up?
I would back up etc as well.
Come to think of it, I might also grab var, and maybe run dpkg-query and save
the output, to make reinstallio
On Sunday 20 January 2008 17:49, Marty wrote:
> tom arnall wrote:
> > besides my home directory, what else should i think about backing up?
>
> I would back up etc as well.
>
> > what would be the advantage of 'rsync'?
>
> It makes perfect copies of directory trees.
is there a problem with 'cp -R'
tom arnall wrote:
besides my home directory, what else should i think about backing up?
I would back up etc as well.
what would be the advantage of 'rsync'?
It makes perfect copies of directory trees.
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On Sunday 20 January 2008 15:36, Marty wrote:
> tom arnall wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote:
> >> The simplest solution is to start with a new drive. Unplug and remove
> >> your current drive if it contains anything valuable, put it in a safe
> >> place. As the saying goes,
tom arnall wrote:
On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote:
The simplest solution is to start with a new drive. Unplug and remove your
current drive if it contains anything valuable, put it in a safe place. As
the saying goes, when you're stuck in the hole, stop digging.
don't have a
On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote:
> tom arnall wrote:
> > When installing a new system (etch), is there any trick I need to know
> > for getting my home directory right? I have the one from old system
> > backed up. When I go to restore it on the new system, I assume the
> > installer
tom arnall wrote:
When installing a new system (etch), is there any trick I need to know for
getting my home directory right? I have the one from old system backed up.
When I go to restore it on the new system, I assume the installer will have
put some kind of home directory on the new system u
When installing a new system (etch), is there any trick I need to know for
getting my home directory right? I have the one from old system backed up.
When I go to restore it on the new system, I assume the installer will have
put some kind of home directory on the new system under my username.
tom arnall wrote:
On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:37, Marty wrote:
tom arnall wrote:
> Marty,
>
> should i be concerned about the following. i did this without pointing
> sources.list to the new repository.
Well, fix that. :-)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
It's a typical casc
On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:37, Marty wrote:
> tom arnall wrote:
> > Marty,
> >
> > should i be concerned about the following. i did this without pointing
> > sources.list to the new repository.
>
> Well, fix that. :-)
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> It's a typical cascad
tom arnall wrote:
Marty,
should i be concerned about the following. i did this without pointing
sources.list to the new repository.
Well, fix that. :-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
It's a typical cascade of errors caused by the first few individual package
dependency
Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1
> > (using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement linux-wlan-ng ...
> > /etc/modutils/0k
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 02:46:31PM -0500, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard
to say:
> tom arnall wrote:
>> i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r
>> 2.6.16.4
>>
>> so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31
>> not
cking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
(Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace lin
age status... Done
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> (Reading database ... 203060 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1
> (using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i38
tom arnall wrote:
On Sunday 20 January 2008 11:46, Marty wrote:
tom arnall wrote:
> i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r
> 2.6.16.4
>
> so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31
> not fully installed or removed.' i
On Sunday 20 January 2008 11:46, Marty wrote:
> tom arnall wrote:
> > i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r
> > 2.6.16.4
> >
> > so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31
> > not fully installed or removed.' is whe
tom arnall wrote:
i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r
2.6.16.4
so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 not
fully installed or removed.' is where it gets interesting:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrad
installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-wlan-ng 0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1
(using .../linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-wlan-ng ...
/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found
Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting
Note: If /etc/modu
inline.
On Sunday 20 January 2008 10:39, David Paleino wrote:
> Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:39:19 -0800
>
> tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
> > David,
> >
> > hmmm. i did 'chmod -R 777 /dev' a couple of months ago, changing
> > unwittingly many (most?) permissions on the system accord
Is there actually supposed to be a 'keep' program on the system? I looked at a
full backup I did a couple of months ago and I cannot find it there.
tom arnall
arcata
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Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:39:19 -0800
tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
> David,
>
> hmmm. i did 'chmod -R 777 /dev' a couple of months ago, changing unwittingly
> many (most?) permissions on the system accordingly.
Why did you do that?
> will a dist-upgrade wreck what is left of t
On Sunday 20 January 2008 10:23, David Paleino wrote:
> Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:26:42 -0800
>
> tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
> > i have been doing 'apt-get upgrade' fairly regularly. is there s'thing
> > else i need to do?
>
> That's not sufficient.
>
> You should also apt-get d
Le dimanche 20 janvier 2008 à 10:31 -0800, tom arnall a écrit :
> Florian,
>
> why do you say my system is not fully etch?
>
> thanks,
>
> tom arnall
> arcata
>
>
Because you are using a 2.6.16 kernel ? :
> > system details:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/modutils$ uname -r
> > 2.6.16.4
>
>
Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:26:42 -0800
tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
> i have been doing 'apt-get upgrade' fairly regularly. is there s'thing else i
> need to do?
That's not sufficient.
You should also apt-get dist-upgrade. Use with caution though, check what it
tries to remove
Florian,
why do you say my system is not fully etch?
thanks,
tom arnall
arcata
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not be executable. It
> belongs to the modutils package, which itself is depreciated for 2.6
> kernels and has been superceded by module-init-tools.
is there any way i can get rid of the message '/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9:
keep: command not found [etc]' while i am doing the upg
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 22:11:28 -0800, tom arnall wrote:
> i interrupted 'apt-get install linux-wlan-ng' and when i did the command
> again
> i got at the end of the installation messages:
>
> /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found
> Error while e
i interrupted 'apt-get install linux-wlan-ng' and when i did the command again
i got at the end of the installation messages:
/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found
Error while executing /etc/modutils/0keep, aborting
Note: If /etc/modutils/0keep should not be an executa
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