1. System Backup / 2. german KDE

[jepf]

Hi!

And again, questions from a newbie.

1. I installed Gentoo and compiled X and KDE (wow, that took LONG). But because it took so long i would like to make a full backup of this system. Is it possible to backup it in a way so that i can just boot from the gentoo cd and copy the backuped files to get a fully functional system?

2. How can i install german language support for kde? I installed kde with "emerge kde" but when i first started kde i could only select US as language. Question is: which package do i need?

Thanks, thanks, thanks...

[mantis]

If you were backing up your linux install onto another HDD and it was roughly the same size and the same filesystem you could use a few simple commands to copy your system across. First you would mount your new HDD under say /mnt/linux and mount the boot drive if you have it setup like the gentoo install guide like /mnt/linux/boot. Then run the following commands: find /dev -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pvd /mnt/linux/ ; find / -mount -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pvd /mnt/linux/ and find /boot -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pvd /mnt/linux/. Also make sure you have mounted your /boot directory.

[zhware]

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=13811#97212