My own Recovery??

Hi world I am new in your forum and also i am a linux newbie. However I have already unlock my desktop, installed bluetooth, skype, vlc etc. I have encountered a few problems and I need your hlp. First of all I would like to Know if i could make a recovery so that anytime i have a problem to go back to the config and progs that i have now. I believe that I have now what i need but untill now I have recover my netbook up to 10 times (hal problem with usb, a panel that has a size half my desktop, unable to install programs due to a lot of updates... all the things that a newbie can do :lol: After that i have purchased a 1gb ram and tomorrow i'll install it I have done my homework so i believe i will not have to pay a new AAO although 10" sounds good to me. The last thing I would like to ask is about Vlc if there is any way to display greek subs. I don't know exactly the problem... but I cant read the .srt file, although i open it the displaying font isn't what it should be (something like that #$@@^%*&^%*%*&^%*&$^%%$# i mean)
Thanks for your hlp and sorry for my English I need some practise

 

Google for RIPLinux. It's a small distro built from Slackware that's designed for recovery purposes. It comes with instructions for building a bootable USB stick version which is what you will probably want. You can then use dump/restore, tar, cpio, or afio to backup your system.

 

Easiest way to backup what you have is to an external disk or USB key using a tool like partimage which can build a compressed image of your Linux partition. See http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page for one such tool.

 

A third way to backup your current system is from *macles at: http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/12/acer-aspire-one-aa1backup.html.

 

p_sapelas .... I am glad you asked the question about recovering a setup. I too have had to re-install, re-setup, etc. over and over again. It really gets tiresome!! Thanks to those who responded.

About the subtitles... this is a stupid question on my part and I hope you don't take this as me thinking you are dumb but you do have the Greek subtitle .srt file don't you? The .srt file is basically a text file timed to the video. If it doesn't appear correctly I would think it is not VLC but the available fonts on your linux setup. Go to Applications _ Add/Remove and get one of the subtitle editing programs and look at the .srt file. Or simply open it with Text Editor. If it is in Greek and appears correctly then I have no clue as to what the problem is.

Good luck

 

old PC's had a FDD .
it was used because it had the
least complicated / less software in the "way" .

USB serial must NOT be used to recover after a crash .
It has software that is unneeded , gets in the way .

SD cards have nothing in the way .
They are formated sim to a HDD .
Fat16 or FAT 32 .
There is nothing that has less "blocking" than a SD card .
Thus it is more likely to function as a crash recovery media .



!! Better !!
The AAO has a SD slot on Left side .
This maybe an even less complicated method of crash recovery .

Maybe you can even install the part of O.S. on SD card , that you are
working with , thus , need only move this SD card to another AAO , fix the
software on this card , return it to the crash AAO ..
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Another speed up , while you are on the steep learning curve of Linux ,
is to boot Linux by simply copying an image into ram and the AAO is
ready in 2 seconds .
Why is the whole world re-installing Linux on every boot !
Linux only needs one install , it can boot without this install ,
from then on . Takes 2 seconds .


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With many crashes in W98 , long ago ,
I used the old [XXCOPY.EXE] to copy a running
W98 system ,

to a Folder on HDD .
Then DOS 7.1 would execute and allow XXCOPY to Refresh all the
files in C:\Windows , in 2 minutes ,

Instead of 45 minutes to REINSTALL W98 .

 

If you have an external drive, you could try this solution:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i- ... th-dd.html

The author assumes you have a medium level of Linux experience, however, as long as your external HD is at least the same size as your Linux install disk, you should be fine ( if you installed Linux on a 100G drive, and your using a 100G ext. drive it should work).

Denis