Wow, Can go with mindi/mondo (urpmi mind) would take care of it.
Or, in my case, buy a cheapo drive $30.00 gives u 40Gb nowadays, and tar cf /dev/hdb/root.tar / for i in /usr /var /opt /home /whateverfilesystem do tar cf /mnt/hdb/$i $i done So if hda dies, all u do is replace it, and boot with install disk, rescue mode, create ur new filesystems, and restore from backup drive only the files/directory into new location. then run lilo -r /mnt/hdb/ reboot with new drive. Works everytime for me. I even clone systems this way (primitive, but works!) Thanks --- Adrian Golumbovici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if this might come up twice in the list, but > for some strange reason I sent the message yesterday > and it didn't appear yet in the list. On the other > hand the message I sent today appeared in a few > mins, so I will suppose the message got lost somehow > on the way and post it again. Sorry in advance for > any inconvenience if it appears as a double, but I > really wish for an answer on this issue. > > Best regards, > Adrian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adrian Golumbovici > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:34 PM > Subject: Complete system backup > > > Hi all, > > Have an embarrasing question... I never did a > complete backup of my system (I know I should be > ashamed:) ) and most times I just restored it by > hand step by step in case something foul happened. > Unfortunatelly now my System has been running stable > since last year and I changed/customized/installed > so many things on my server/firewall that I am > starting to shiver at the idea to redo everything > from scratch if it would somehow fail... On the > other hand, partial backup on such a customized > installation would also be a pain as I would have to > think of what things I changed and what should I > backup and though I have a good memory, it would be > almost futile to think of all the possible files I > might want to backup. Also a partial backup might > conflict if I would reinstall the entire OS and load > the backup if the backup files do not fit the > packages versions. So I was kinda wondering if there > is such thing as a backup where to restore the whole > system (including OS itself) you'd put the backup CD > in and let it restore "installer like". So without > having to install linux first. This might also prove > usefull later when I want to change the hdd of my > server with a faster one. For now I have 3 > older/slower hdds and because of that I am kind of > limited with the partitions options. It would also > be cool if I could specify by backup to ignore the > current partitions/hdds, so I could restore all > later on a single bigger hdd. So... Is there a way > to make such a backup or am I running after > windmills? :) > > Best regards and thanks in advance for your help > guys, > Adrian __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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