Hi all:
I am trying to learn how to restore a backup with amanda (v2.4.2p2). I
am using my laptop (running linux) as a guinea pig for this, under the
assumption that if it doesn't work, I haven't lost too much. As I'm
planning to use this to upgrade my laptop disk to a larger disk (i.e.,
use amanda to back up the smaller disk, install the larger disk, and
restore), this assumption seems valid.
My laptop disk has three main partitions: "/boot", "swap", and "/". I
created backup images of /boot and /, then swapped the disks. At this
point, the "RESTORE" file in /usr/local/amanda-2.4.2p2/docs says (under
"client machine fails, system critical disk"): "...boot off the CD, and
reinstall the system critical partition, restoring it to vendor supplied
state."
Does this mean:
1. Use fdisk or a similar program to *create* the partition? If so,
then how to I get this computer (which currently has no networking
capability) to restore the files?
2. Restore the entire /boot partition from the CD? If so, this is also
suboptimal, since the boot files have changed since the CD was burned
(kernel upgrades and such).
Most likely, I'm missing something simple here, but I haven't done this
enough to know yet what that is. I'd like to find out, however, before
I need to know...
John
--
John Price *** ** ** *** [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where there is no solution, there is no problem.
-- John G. Price (my father), ca. 1975.
