[opensuse] Changing from 32 bit to 64 bit
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 01/22/2009 06:40 PM, Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Yes. If you have home on a separate partition, it should work without needing to restore. If you don't have home on a separate partition, I would make it, copy the stuff over, change to using it and verify it all worked, then reinstall. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 11.1 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Joe Morris wrote:
On 01/22/2009 06:40 PM, Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Yes. If you have home on a separate partition, it should work without needing to restore. If you don't have home on a separate partition, I would make it, copy the stuff over, change to using it and verify it all worked, then reinstall.
Thanks, I've already backed up my home and other things, about to start now, wish me luck. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Joe Morris wrote:
On 01/22/2009 06:40 PM, Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Yes. If you have home on a separate partition, it should work without needing to restore. If you don't have home on a separate partition, I would make it, copy the stuff over, change to using it and verify it all worked, then reinstall.
In some cases, you have to protect more than /home. For example, I run an imap server, which has it's own directory under /var. To make things easier, I symlink that directory to one on my home partition, which is located on a removable drive. So, when I install a new SUSE version, I just pull that drive first and then when done, put it back and create the necessary symlinks. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
Joe Morris wrote:
On 01/22/2009 06:40 PM, Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Yes. If you have home on a separate partition, it should work without needing to restore. If you don't have home on a separate partition, I would make it, copy the stuff over, change to using it and verify it all worked, then reinstall.
In some cases, you have to protect more than /home. For example, I run an imap server, which has it's own directory under /var. To make things easier, I symlink that directory to one on my home partition, which is located on a removable drive. So, when I install a new SUSE version, I just pull that drive first and then when done, put it back and create the necessary symlinks.
I backup home, root and etc onto a separate partition , I haven't any mission critical stuff. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Assuming you're using POP email, all your mail etc should be in your home directory. Just don't format your /home partition. As always, backups can save a lot of grief. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Assuming you're using POP email, all your mail etc should be in your home directory. Just don't format your /home partition. As always, backups can save a lot of grief.
Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the backup as root and had to change all the files owners. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Plater wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Assuming you're using POP email, all your mail etc should be in your home directory. Just don't format your /home partition. As always, backups can save a lot of grief.
Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the backup as root and had to change all the files owners. Regards Dave P
???? A proper backup should preserve that info. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P
Assuming you're using POP email, all your mail etc should be in your home directory. Just don't format your /home partition. As always, backups can save a lot of grief.
Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the backup as root and had to change all the files owners. Regards Dave P
????
A proper backup should preserve that info.
I think I did a stupid thing and unchecked the preserve attributes box in the mc copy dialog. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday January 22 2009, Dave Plater wrote:
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Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the backup as root and had to change all the files owners. Regards Dave P
Check out the "-a" (a composite option implying three other options) of the "cp" command. Also, tar works well for one-off archives / backups and will record full user, group and mode information which will be restored if the resulting archive is extracted by root (only root can change the owner or group of a file). There are details (as ever) that behoove you to read the manual or info pages for either of these commands when being used for these slightly less typical cases. E.g., tar will ordinarily record user and group _names_, not IDs. If those names do not exist when and where the archive will be extracted, the option that causes it to use numeric IDs instead (--numeric-owner) may be a better choice (but only if the same user and group name-to-ID assignments will eventually be established in the extraction environment). Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Plater schreef:
Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the backup as root and had to change all the files owners.
You probably didn't backup but just copied. cp doesn't preserve permissions. tar does. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday January 22 2009, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
... cp doesn't preserve permissions. ...
Not true (the "^^^^^^^^^" markers require monospaced font): -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- % cp --help Usage: cp [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST or: cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY or: cp [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE... Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -a, --archive same as -dpR ... -p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps ^^^^^^^^^ --preserve[=ATTR_LIST] preserve the specified attributes (default: mode,ownership,timestamps), if possible ^^^^^^^^^ additional attributes: context, links, xattrs, all --no-preserve=ATTR_LIST don't preserve the specified attributes ... -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
Dave Plater schreef:
Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the backup as root and had to change all the files owners.
You probably didn't backup but just copied. cp doesn't preserve permissions. tar does.
Actually, cp does, if used with the -a or -p options. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Amedee Van Gasse schreef:
Dave Plater schreef:
Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the backup as root and had to change all the files owners.
You probably didn't backup but just copied. cp doesn't preserve permissions. tar does.
... if you don't use any special options, but just the default cp /source/ /destination/ (thank you Randall and James) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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