Homebak to the rescue?????

[Elderlygent]

OK, for reasons I will not go into I managed to wipe my Home directory when upgrading to Hardy.

I've now got a /dev/sda2 root directory and something called "bvfs-fuse-daemon /david/.gfs" which is the same size as the sda2, a small lrm directory and a whole lot of others which have nothing in them.

Before installing Hardy I made a Homebak.tgz. How can I use this to recover data that I need? Pictures, music, a lot of .ODT files etc.

I do NOT want to reinstall Hardy as I'm some way to getting up and running (got streaming radio back and a few other goodies).

Perhaps another question is how do I create an extra partition for HOME?

Got lots of space.

[sisco311]

Szia.

Try this:http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome.

Double click on the .tgz file and use the GUI to extract it.

[Elderlygent]

Szia.

Try this:http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome.

Double click on the .tgz file and use the GUI to extract it.


I've looked at pschycocats and searched for how to make a live CD. The results of that search make my hair stand on end. I'm really scared of making things worse, not better. Is their a simple way to make a live CD?

[sisco311]

You don't need to create your own live cd.
The live cd is the Ubuntu installation cd.
If you don't have one, then download the
iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
and burn it to a cd.
Instructions here:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto