-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Γιώργος Πάλλας <gp...@ccf.auth.gr> writes:
> Merciadri Luca wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> I often backup everything of my Debian systems with the tgz utility. >> >> Is it possible to boot a LiveCD, to put the whole content of the tgz >> (assuming it is complete) on the partition (assuming there is enough >> free space), and to reboot (assuming GRUB is okay)? >> >> I would like to hear others' experience about this. >> >> > > yes, it is possible. I also keep backup of my system using tar* and I > have at least once successfully restored a working, booting system > after a failure. > > > * tar use for backup: tar cvSj --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/proc > --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/dev --exclude=/sys > /tmp/backup.tar.bz2 / > > and this is what I actually use in order to store the system backup in > 4GB encrypted chunks, along with an encrypted index of all the files > and an md5sum checksum of the archive (I love one-liners :-) ): > time tar cvSj --exclude=/home/gpall/.local/share/Trash --exclude=/tmp > --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/dev --exclude=/mnt > --exclude=/media --exclude=/sys / 2> >(gpg -z 9 -e -r gpall -o > sysbackup-filelist.gpg) | gpg -z 0 -e -r gpall | tee >(split -b 4000m > - > sysbackup.tbg.split_) | md5sum > sysbackup.tbg.md5 Nice. How do you restore your system with these archives? I was using a simpler one: dpkg --get-selections "*" > MyPackets && tar cvpfz backuptotal.tgz / --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backuptotal.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys --exclude=/media --exclude=/tmp Thanks. - -- Merciadri Luca First year in civil engineering See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iEYEARECAAYFAkrv7c4ACgkQM0LLzLt8MhxsrQCfab/N8RPgdLhfF0qvyBVpa7Rk /EgAn1fYWdVp2sSqUK6wGCKmfyg2RH78 =z8pz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
