On 06/01 07:47 , Philippe Rousselot wrote: > My hard drives are full and need to add one to have a new and bigger > /var partition. > > In the mean time I would like to continue backing up things using an > external drive
I think what you are trying for here is best served by the general plan: * copy data from /var/lib/backuppc to the external HDD * mount external HDD in place of /var/lib/backuppc * when you get new disk, mount it in place of /var/lib/backuppc and copy your data from the external HDD to the new disk Do you know how to use tar and/or dd to copy the contents of one disk to another? Do you know how to use mount or a bind mount to mount your disk onto /var/lib/backuppc? Since /var/lib/backuppc is where the data is stored, I suggest that the best course of action is to have a separate filesystem mounted there. That way, if your data disk dies you still have the OS to help fix things; and if your OS disk dies you have the data undisturbed. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
