I use mondo-rescue, which can put the disk images anywhere (instead of burning them). The best thing is that you can boot off CD1 and reload your entire system from bare metal... (and I've partially done that once).
Last I checked it doesn't support grub though. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Ruskin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 4:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Good backup tool? > > > On Friday 06 Jun 2003 19:35, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got a number of 1394 hard drives. I'd like to set > up some sort > > of a regular backup of my Gentoo box in the studio. Can someone > > recommend a tool that has an ebuild and will support > backing up to a > > hard drive? > > > > I prefer a GUI based tool, or something very easy to > remember how > > to use if it's command line based. > > > Jason Calabrese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted a nice script here > recently. It uses tar and is based on a backup disk dedicated to > backups, big enough to hold several. > > I was so impressed I got myself a 160GB disk and adapted the > script as > follows. My complete backup (including Windows 98) is about > 12GB so I > can get about 9 or 10 full backups on that disk and they only take an > hour on a cron job. Although the disk is nominally 160GB, when > formatted single partition the partition size is 127GB. > > ================================================================== > #! /bin/bash > # /usr/local/bin/backup > ####################### > # Backup Script > ####################### > # Jason Calabrese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # modified by Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01-Jun-03 > > BACKUP_TO=/mnt/backup > FILE=$BACKUP_TO/`hostname|cut -f1 -d.`-`date +"%F-%H%M"`.tar > FILE_LIST=$BACKUP_TO/`hostname|cut -f1 -d.`-`date > +"%F-%H%M"`.list OLD_FILE=$BACKUP_TO/`hostname|cut -f1 > -d.`-`date --date='9 days ago' > +"%F"` > EXCLUDE='--exclude /mnt/.init.d --exclude /mnt/backup --exclude > /mnt/cdrom --exclude /mnt/floppy --exclude /mnt/KROH-LIESE --exclude > /mnt/KROH-PETER --exclude /mnt/PENGUIN --exclude /proc --exclude > /usr/portage/distfiles' > > echo " Mounting boot partition..." > mount /boot -o ro > echo > echo " Mounting backup disk..." > mount $BACKUP_TO > sleep 4 > echo > > echo " Removing old archives..." > echo > /bin/rm -f ${OLD_FILE}*.tar > /bin/rm -f ${OLD_FILE}*.list > > echo " Performing backup - it'll be an hour or so..." > echo > /bin/tar -cpvvf $FILE / $EXCLUDE > $FILE_LIST > > echo " Backup finished at `date +'%H:%M'`" > echo > > USEDSPACE=$(du -h $BACKUP_TO | grep G | awk '{print $1}' | > cut -f1 -dG) FREESPACE=$(df | grep $BACKUP_TO | awk '{print > $5}') NUMBAKUPS=$(ls $BACKUP_TO/kroh-*.tar | wc -w | awk > '{print $1}') TOTALBLOCKS=$(cat /proc/partitions|grep > ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 | awk '{print $3}') > CAPACITY=$(($TOTALBLOCKS/1024/1024)) > SPACELEFT=$(($CAPACITY-$USEDSPACE)) > AVSIZE=$(($USEDSPACE/$NUMBAKUPS)) > ESTBKUPS=$(($CAJason Calabrese > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>PACITY/$AVSIZE)) > > echo " Capacity of backup partition: ${CAPACITY}GB" > echo > echo " Space occupied by backup partition: ${USEDSPACE}GB" > echo > echo " Space left on backup partition: ${SPACELEFT}GB" > echo > echo " Number of backups: $NUMBAKUPS" > echo > echo " Average size per backup: ${AVSIZE}GB" > echo > echo " Estimated total number of backups: $ESTBKUPS" > echo > > echo " Unmounting boot and backup partitions..." > echo > /bin/umount -l /boot > /bin/umount -l $BACKUP_TO > > echo " Spinning down backup disk..." > /sbin/hdparm -y /dev/hdc # spin down disk > > # To restore a file, search for it in $FILE_LIST, e.g. > etc/fstab, then: # cd / # tar -xpvf $FILE etc/fstab > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
