All, you can scratch that problem I was having with multilist. It turns out that my database was hidden because some extra characters got inserted in the list name that I did notice. Once I corrected that the database and my hours of work were recovered. Now.......its time to do a IT backup. Best Regards, John Holmblad Acadia Secure Networks, LLC * * John B. Holmblad wrote: > Peter, > > thanks and yes I did some further refreshing of my understanding of what > chroot does. I have to assume that the easy-debian "app" does not > modify any of the files in the "parent" OS/file system while easy-debian > is running. Is that correct? > > One artifact of my having installed easy-debian is that, apparently, > the data base which I painstakingly created for the multilist app got > blown away somehow. Now I need to see if I can find where multilist > normally stores its databases to see if the database is still there or > moved somewhere else in the filesystem. > > Unfortunately and unwisely I did not perform an IT backup prior to doing > the easy-debian install. This leads me to think that a great app to have > on the IT is one that saves a complete image, say,once a day, of the IT > storage contents to a network based storage service such as that > provided by Amazon Web Services with their Simple Storage Service (s3). > > > > Best Regards, > > > > John Holmblad > > > > Acadia Secure Networks, LLC > > * * > > *Serving the Entrepreneurial Enterprise, Emerging Network Service > Provider, and* *SmartDigitalTM** home markets * > > * * > > *Certified SANS GIAC, NSA -IAM, NSA-IEM* > > * * > > *Cisco Select Certified Partner and SMB Specialist | **Microsoft Small > Business Specialist | Speakeasy Certified VOIP Partner | Qualys > Certified Qualysguard Specialist* > > * * > > (M) 703 407 2278 > > (F) 703 620 5388 > > > > (W) http://www.acadiasecure.com > > > > primary email address: jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > backup email address: jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Peter Chung wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:57 PM, John B. Holmblad <jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>> Qole, >>> >>> I am still interested to understand how this "app" relates to the N800 >>> OS. Does Debian run as an app, a VM, or something else? >>> >>> >>> >> You can find more information with the search term "chroot" >> >> -- >> Peter >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
