On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:13:46 -0500 (CDT) Blair Mason <r...@verizon.net> wrote:
[Please wrap long lines.] > Mar 14, 2011 04:48:22 AM, balaji.p...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using Debian Lenny, kernel version: 2.6.26-1-686. > > I am very new to linux. > > Can you please let me know the steps for backing up my linux PC (maybe to a > > CD) and later restoring from it when required. > > Also let me know if I can install any Open source S/W that can do the above > > task (something like scheduled backup). > > Thanks in Advance, > > BALAJI > > Your best bet would probably be rsync. You can use it for pretty much > anything... Basically, you use `rsync file dest`. You also probably want > the -avz options. So, the easiest solution is to just do something akin to > the following: For a longer term solution, a front-end to rsync, such as rsnapshot, might be easier. > 1. Mount the backup media (I will assume /mnt/bkup, adjust accordingly) > 2. run something like this: > rsync -avz / /mnt/bkup --exclude /mnt/bkup > or, if backing up to a server over ssh > rsync -avz -e ssh / user@hostname:~/backup > > A restore is as simple booting live media, mounting all your drives the in > the same structure (say on /mnt/restore), and then > rsync -av /mnt/bkup /mnt/restore > > Now what would be really cool is plan-9 like filesystems so we could rsync > over *anything*. What kind of 'anything' do you have in mind? > rbmj Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110314152043.22c4d792.cele...@gmail.com