Mirror to USB HDD & Dual Booting 9.0 & 9.1
I want to mirror my SuSE 9.0 notebook's hdd contents to the usb drive. Is there a preferred way to do that so that once I get 9.1 successfully loaded on my notebook I may selectively retrieve what I desire from the usb hdd /media/sdb1? Also, is it recommended that I partition my current notebook hdd and load 9.1 there or to use some methodology to wipe the hdd and to load 9.1 clean? Is there any liability to dual-booting 9.0 and 9.1, e.g. conflicts, or is there a way to partition that avoids that, please? Thanks! dmc -- Blessings ... dmc West Central Florida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This E-mail was generated using SuSE 9.0 Linux & Mozilla. This PC is free of all Microsoft products. Visit: www.suse.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If I use MC (Midnight Commander) to copy directories used by Mozilla under SuSE 9.0 to a second HDD will Mozilla under SuSE 9.1 be able to access them OK? I am concerned about Bookmarks, Addresses, etc. I ask because in other distros when I moved from version to version or switched Web browsers and E-mail apps I was unable to import old bookmarks and/or address books -- a real hassle! Any gotcha's re. the maintenance of directory heirarchies, etc? Thanks! dmc -- Blessings ... dmc West Central Florida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This E-mail was generated using SuSE 9.0 Linux & Mozilla. This PC is free of all Microsoft products. Visit: www.suse.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Sunday 2004-06-13 at 18:22 -0400, dmc wrote:
If I use MC (Midnight Commander) to copy directories used by Mozilla under SuSE 9.0 to a second HDD will Mozilla under SuSE 9.1 be able to access them OK?
I am concerned about Bookmarks, Addresses, etc.
I ask because in other distros when I moved from version to version or switched Web browsers and E-mail apps I was unable to import old bookmarks and/or address books -- a real hassle!
I have been using the same Mozilla folders for years, distro updates and fresh installs not withstanding. Mail folders are certainly no problem. The bookmarks are stored as a file, an html file in fact, and it can be reused. but I prefer not to, sometimes, to see the new Mozilla "look". The rest of the configuration is not very difficult to redo if needed. In fact, I imported the bookmarks html file from Netscape 4.7 to Netscape 7 and Mozilla: one of the Mozilla bookmarks simply point to the html file of old bookmarks, which can be browsed as a web page, or individual links imported as individual bookmarks. The addresses book is a file (or files) that can be saved and imported easily. Plenty of options :-)
Any gotcha's re. the maintenance of directory heirarchies, etc?
Simply copy everything (I would certainly backup my full $HOME directory), then copy your .mozilla/ and Mail folders back to the new HD. Fire up Mozilla, and it should use them straight away. If it doesn't, well... redo the configuration, taking needed things from the backup. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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