On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 17:25, Wes Gray wrote: > If you end up doing this please post how it went. The question seems to > be, just how complete is tar? And what options does it need to catch > everything.
I recently did a quick backup/restore with tar and ssh to convert two partitions (/home,/usr) on this machine to a new filesystem. My basic procedure was: >From host1: tar zcv /home | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > /backupdir/home.tar.gz" (covert /home to new fs and remount >From backuphost: cat /backupdir/home.tar.gz | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "tar -C / -zx" I didn't have any issues with permissions/symlinks although it's possible I just got lucky. If you want me to check for specific problems that I might have missed, just ask. Doug -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list