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- Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:02 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [SOLVED] Failure to clone with dd
- Replies: 16
- Views: 332
Re: Failure to clone with dd
Each to their own method of backing up - the most important factor with linux is to learn to backup correctly. I use the fsfreeze command regularly as illustrated and my backups have never failed.
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:34 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [SOLVED] Failure to clone with dd
- Replies: 16
- Views: 332
Re: Failure to clone with dd
Typo error - the correct commands are "fsfreeze -f /" and "fsfreeze -u /" # fsfreeze --help Usage: fsfreeze [options] <mountpoint> Suspend access to a filesystem. Options: -f, --freeze freeze the filesystem -u, --unfreeze unfreeze the filesystem -h, --help display this help -V, --version display ver...
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:50 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: [SOLVED] Failure to clone with dd
- Replies: 16
- Views: 332
Re: Failure to clone with dd
A running system can be successfully dd'd by using the "fsfreeze -f /" command prior to making the backup. This temporarily freezes the root file system which prevents any disk writing whist dd is running. When the backup has completed use "fsfreeze -u /" to unfreeze your file system. Post edited - ...
- Tue May 30, 2017 11:15 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Alternatives to Remastersys for Linux Mint 18
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4141
Re: Alternatives to Remastersys for Linux Mint 18
I've also done it this way. Link below:-
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php? ... ing-system!!!!!!
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php? ... ing-system!!!!!!
- Tue May 30, 2017 4:19 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Alternatives to Remastersys for Linux Mint 18
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4141
Re: Alternatives to Remastersys for Linux Mint 18
I've used Refracta Tools in the past on mint, but not on mint 18. Link below:-
http://www.ibiblio.org/refracta/documents.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/refracta/documents.html
- Thu May 11, 2017 11:34 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Why is it so hard to use Linux?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1844
Re: Why is it so hard to use Linux?
The best tip for any linux newbie is to read, read, and read some more. All the info is available for those that seek.
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:45 am
- Forum: Suggestions & New Ideas
- Topic: System Backup and Restore
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6746
Re: System Backup and Restore
I'm always bewildered by the number of posts I read about "can I undo this or that". If only people learnt to backup properly before attempting the unknown!
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:40 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Backing Up
- Replies: 4
- Views: 330
Re: Backing Up
I would have done the restore from your live cd/USB. It sounds as if you were trying to restore a running system.
An excellent tar tutorial can be found via this link.
http://www.aboutdebian.com/tar-backup.htm
An excellent tar tutorial can be found via this link.
http://www.aboutdebian.com/tar-backup.htm
- Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:42 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: password for certain folder(s) [SOLVED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 647
Re: password for certain folder(s) [SOLVED]
ccrypt will encrypt the contents recursively of a folder. The folder will still open but the contents will not.
- Sat May 14, 2016 9:41 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: I would like the computer to start up and boot up at 6:00am
- Replies: 16
- Views: 772
Re: I would like the computer to start up and boot up at 6:00am
I use the script from the link below to suspend the PC at 18.00 and wake it at 7.00am next day.
https://github.com/bamos/shell-scripts/ ... r/alarm.sh
https://github.com/bamos/shell-scripts/ ... r/alarm.sh
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:52 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: HD to HD clone, restore, install (no optical drive)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1035
Re: HD to HD clone, restore, install (no optical drive)
Just bear in mind that qt4-fsarchiver runs at file level and not partition level. So the result is not an image file as the Clonezilla result would be. It will satisfactorily back up a running system as already stated.
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:19 pm
- Forum: LMDE 2 "Betsy" Archive
- Topic: Downloading youtube videos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1204
Re: Downloading youtube videos
If you have VLC installed, that will do it.
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:38 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Disk clone software
- Replies: 1
- Views: 273
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:54 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Too many Grub entries
- Replies: 3
- Views: 476
Re: Too many Grub entries
Easiest way is to install grub-customizer.
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:50 am
- Forum: Suggestions & New Ideas
- Topic: Please make automatic updates user-friendly
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4603
Re: Please make automatic updates user-friendly
The time Karsti has spent on this post could have been more productive to teach himself a little about writing a script to achieve his automatic updates. All the info is out there for someone prepared to put the time in.
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 8:45 am
- Forum: Suggestions & New Ideas
- Topic: Please make automatic updates user-friendly
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4603
Re: Please make automatic updates user-friendly
Utter twoddle (and that is being very polite)Karsti quoted:
A huge part of the LM user community hates children and old people
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:25 pm
- Forum: Suggestions & New Ideas
- Topic: Please make automatic updates user-friendly
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4603
Re: Please make automatic updates user-friendly
Automatic updates - definitely a no no. I agree with Pjotr. You should control your own PC, not someone sending updates in the background. You may not be aware of what is happening and power off in the middle of downloading or upgrading.
- Thu Aug 06, 2015 12:36 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: having more problems with dd command again..
- Replies: 3
- Views: 535
- Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Create ISO Copy of System and make it Installable
- Replies: 1
- Views: 246
Re: Create ISO Copy of System and make it Installable
Google Refracta Tools for Debian, then read up. I've used it on older Mint installs, not the current editions.
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:02 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: System Restore
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1881
Re: System Restore
Refracta tools will do the same job as Remastersys. I have used it on mint - but on 17 I had to search for extra dependencies.
- Google Refracta OS.
- Google Refracta OS.