I used "$ sudo tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys /"
I also tried using "gksudo nautilus" and going to the "/root"...
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I used "$ sudo tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys /"
I also tried using "gksudo nautilus" and going to the "/root"...
Also, I deleted the file using "sudo nautilus" then just selecting and hitting delete. I'm not sure if that permanently deleted it or not...
So I STTUUUPPPIDDDLY tried to back up my Ubuntu system in the wrong way...
I have a dual-booted Windows-Ubuntu system with a shared media partition (which is way bigger than my Ubuntu partition)....
Wow.
Wow...
Bkkbonaza, thank you SO much! I thought I had been around the block, but man, this is totally new stuff! I'm really excited to try this stuff out (and probably fail at it. ...
Hey I'm going off to college soon. I have two dual-booted Windows/Ubuntu machines--one desktop and one laptop--and both have SSH servers installed. At home, I use port-forwarding to connect to these...
So, this thread hasn't been updated recently, but I was wondering if there was any way that I could have the time BEFORE the date?
Such as: 3:00pm Mon 7
thanks!
I guess I'll try doing another wine install. However, the music is sadly in the encrypted iTunes format, making it only available to iTunes players.
I currently use Rythmbox to manage all my...
Well, this probably isn't the place to ask, but whenever I tried playing a song in wine-run itunes, it would never actually PLAY anything. the play button would become a pause, but nothing would come...
So this has been discussed a bit on other place throughout the internet, but after two days of searching, I haven't found any guide.
I have a dual-booted Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Primarily, I plan to...
Oh yes please! Could you go in more depth instruction-wise for me?
Especially about sending the public keys and stuff. Also how would I make this "backup daemon"? Like, how do I make it so it has...
So I have a somewhat similar problem.
I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a dual booted XP computer, and I have been connecting to the internet fine. However recently, and all of a sudden, I just can't....
It says something about sending modifications to the kernel and that the partitions are in use and can't be changed until after reboot, if that helps.
(EDIT: it also says something about...
So I'm trying LUbuntu on my really old laptop, (around 256 MB ram) and it's really not working. It literally takes hours and hours to get ANYWHERE it's going so slow. I would love a text-only...
I tried this:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda1
fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
/dev/sda1: recovering journal
Resize inode not valid. Recreate<y>? yes
Clearing...
I can't boot from the hard drive in recovery mode, it goes to Error 2 before I can do ANYTHING, except for editing the BIOS.
What exactly is "running fsck against your boot partition"?
I was running Xubuntu, when my dad accidentally turned it off by holding the power button down (after attempting to put it in standby multiple times. All of which failed to do anything). When I...
So I'm needing to make a triple-boot with Windows 7 beta, Ubuntu, and XP.
I've found a lot of Ubuntu/Vista/XP tutorials and even some Vista/7 Beta/Ubuntu tutorials, but I can't find any for 7...
any other notation i can use?
I just started using Bluefish, and I wanted to use the "View in Browser" button described here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=485246
I followed the advice and it worked! However, when...
does kompozer deal with php well though?
I've been doing some work with webpages, but recently I wanted to find a web editor/developer/designer program to help me.
Until now, I've been doing all my php/css/html work in notepad, and it's...
When I turned the port-forwarding on again, my friends couldn't see it either, the connection just timed out.
I tried changing ports by only going into my /etc/apache2/ports.conf and changed it to...
Typing in localhost works, but with the external IP address, when i'm not port-forwarding, it just displays the router setup, as if I typed 192.168.1.1
I can't find your "allow from localhost'...
Here is my situation: I have Apache and everything nicely installed on my Linux box. I've been running it only on my computer, not the web, testing out PHP and Mysql etc. I haven't changed much of...
Yay!
Thanks alot, this is exactly what i was looking for!:biggrin: