[Tfug] Home folder

[arizray at comcast.net]

Otay.

I had suse 11 on sdb and when I tried to install Mandrivia I got stalled at the configuring of the layout of the partition. More involved that other os's I've tried. Thus the messup of the home directory. I can however use suse to get into a terminal session where it is now. I have a backup on the 'net at amazon storage server. I could for example, using my other pc (this one) download it to a cd. Then.....tried sudo apt-get and it returned "apt-get not found".

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jim March" <1.jim.march at gmail.com>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 5:28 PM,  <arizray at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I need some help in figuring out how to restore my home folder from a cd using 
> a terminal session. I messed up the folder while trying to install a different 
> OS on drive sdb. Ubuntu ver 8.10. I have my home files backed up (online) and 
> can copy them to a cd. It would be better if I could restore them into the 
> missing folder (/home) directly.
> >
> 
> Ummm...what state is your system in now?  In other words, can you log
> into a terminal session and cd your way over to /media/cdrom or
> /media/cdrom0 and see your stuff?
> 
> If you can, then we can walk you through copying your stuff in.
> 
> Mind you, what I'd be more inclined to do at this point if I was new
> to Linux and the command line would be to try and bring a GUI desktop
> up first, before restoring data.
> 
> IF you're using an Ethernet-based internet connection, the following
> should work:
> 
> Log in, and at the terminal line type:
> 
> sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
> 
> That will get you the XFCE desktop, which is similar enough to Gnome
> that you should feel comfortable enough to use GUI based tools to do
> your restore.
> 
> To use XFCE instead of Gnome, boot it up and at the login prompt hit
> the "sessions" button and change from a Gnome to XFCE session.  Then
> log in normally.
> 
> Once Gnome is back and running, the same "session" command can switch
> back to it.
> 
> I always make sure I have one complete spare desktop in place, either
> XFCE or KDE, so that if Gnome blows itself up I can get to a GUI using
> an alternate.  KDE will be more "alien" to a Gnome user than XFCE, and
> XFCE is smaller.
> 
> If you're on a laptop, bring it to Shooter's tonight, we'll try and sort it out.
> 
> Jim
> 
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