[ubuntu-za] ubuntu-9.10 - saving update files

[Johan]

Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
> Hi Johan
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> Johan Scheepers wrote:
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>> About 3 yrs since used linux. I see a lot of user friendliness now.Want to 
>> come back now.
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> Good to see you back.
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>> Kindly what happens to the update/upgrate files after installed.
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> They are stored in /var/cache/apt/archives
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>> If deleted what can be done to save them please.
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> When they are deleted you have to download them again.
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>> I would like to keep two drives the same without downloading again or using 
>> ddrescue and simmilar.
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> Jan at AIMS uses rsync to keep his Ubuntu systems the same. I always 
> thought that that is quite interesting but I've never done it myself.
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>> Just install both once and keep them same with updates.
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> I guess you could even nfs/sshfs/whatever mount the packages cache on 
> the one machine to the other one so that your packages are available 
> there when you need to update. You could also do an apt proxy or 
> something similar but it's probably more effort than you want.
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>> Would like to just rsync my home dir once in a while for backup.
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> You probably want to set up a cron job for that so that it's automated.
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>> Kindly any suggestions to improve this please.
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> Write down everything that you want to do and tackle them one by one. Be 
> patient, the truth is out there.
>
> -Jonathan
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Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for a kind and informative response.
Regards
Johan Sch