Hi all..... I trying to do a backup of my system and I think I might have the backup part right....correct me if I'm wrong.... I could use this command....
tar -cvzf hda2.tar.gz / ( I don't need to add this ... --exclude hda2.tar.gz do I ??) anyway... the part where I'm stuck... I have no idea how to restore this tarred file on to a totally new drive.... my guess..... add the other drive.... partition similar to hda (swap and such) mount the partition.... say......mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt then untar the file hda2.tar.gz into /mnt...... now I should have 2 file systems ... one at "/" and the other at "/mnt" so what do I do now? Just put the hdc drive in place of the hda drive... redo lilo and presto? Your help is very much appreciated...!!!!! Mike