On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 22:45 +0100, JC D wrote: > Hi! > > I am trying to make a backup with rsync on a external USB drive. I > have to reinstall my Windows and for good reasons I want to save my > Gentoo! I have to things I am not sure how to handle. First, how do I > get the backup back on my laptop? I did not found an appropriate > example how to do this with a LiveCD and rsync. I have a /boot > partition and a /root -partition that I want to have back on place.
I copied my / partition once using rsync: rsync /media/hdb5 /media/hda5 –links –recursive –executability –owner – group –devices –specials –times (you'd have to replace /media/hdXX with mountpoint of your source and target of course) Regards Jürgen -- ICQ #81510866 - http://the-gay-bar.com - MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Occam's Razor: -"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem."-
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