[aclug-L] Re: An idea -- any volunteers/helpers?

[Anne McCadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for the brilliant and practical ideas.  I need more info on
how to backup, what to backup in linux, and would like to get a variety
of ideas and opinions.  

One of the largest disasters that many of the M$ users create is that
they forget or don't bother to make backups of their valuable files.  We
don't bother preaching the "backup your files anymore"-- we just
backup/recover their files and charge them.  After a while people
learn...I'll get off the soap box now.

One of the shell scripts that I would like to write is to tarball my
important files once a week.  Maybe I could try that in Python also. 
~Anne

Stephen S wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:39 AM
> Subject: [aclug-L] Re: An idea -- any volunteers/helpers?
> 
> <snip>=20
> > I guess the point I'm trying to make is this:  we've had new users ask =
> about
> > recompiling kernels, but I don't feel this falls in new user =
> territory. It's
> > a mid to advanced level topic. When we cover it, we need to make this =
> clear.
> > It's quite possible to end up with a kernel that will not boot.  You =
> need to
> > know how to fix this if it does happen.
> >=20
> 
>   So we need a lecture and perhaps a handout on what to back up & how to =
> get it
> restored so the newbie can try new things again & again without fear of =
> totally losing
> the working system they do have.
> 
>   The biggest fear I had when I started learning Linux was trashing the =
> system=20
> beyond usability...  That's what got me interested in Dragonlinux. =
> Slackware on
> the FAT32 partition where I could make a complete copy to another disk & =
> have
> a "restore point" after getting something to work & starting on the next =
> step.
> 
>   If the newbie could 'do' stuff and experiment without worry, they =
> would become
> moderate and experienced users a lot faster than if they are sitting at =
> the keyboard
> too scared to touch anything.
> 
>   From the posts this month I see three lectures emerging that would =
> greatly benefit
> the new user.
> 
> 1) "What is all that scrolling by on boot up, and what do I do about =
> (the more common)
>        [failed] entries?" (the uncommon ones they should bring to the =
> group for diagnosis)
> 
> 2) "How do I back up and restore my installation so I can experiment =
> with it?"
> 
> 3) "Now that I can experiment without fear, what are the more common =
> tweaks for:
>        a) desktop=20
>        b) server
>        c) ??
> 
> Stephen S.
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