Are you running the Beta version of drakbackup Jerry? I'm running version 1.0 from drakxtools-1.1.7-98.1mdk and it does not offer CD backup, but I notice the changelog says some 'unstable features' were removed in January to satisfy Mandrake QA
Sorry no idea about toto. derek On Wednesday 29 May 2002 10:35 pm, Jerry wrote: > I ran drakbackup in /usr/sbin from a root command prompt and it did give > me the option to backup the entire system or parts.. and option for > cd-rom.. but it's saying i need to install toto. i did a search in the > 8.2 disks for toto, looked on rpmfind.net for toto, ... nothing anyone > know what this toto is? are we not in kansas anymore ? lol thanks > > Jerry > > On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 10:30, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 May 2002 4:44 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 May 2002 12:48, you wrote: > > > > > So how do you backup Linux OS's , write them to CD, and restore. > > > > > > > > Two solutions for you , John > > > > > > > > 1/ Mondo http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ > > > > It is on your CD's but I think the latest version is better. It > > > > will comoress and copy your image to multiple CDs > > > > Very hihjly spoken of, but I'm afraid it is command line. > > > > > > > > 2/ drakbackup - It is in the rpm drakxtools on your CD > > > > In a root terminal just type drakbackup and you get a nice little > > > > GUI complete with a wizard. > > > > I have no idea why this application is not in Mandrake Control > > > > Centre. It was in there in Mandrake 8.2beta2, but somehow it got > > > > taken out again. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > derek > > > > > > Thanks Derek, > > > I've found drakbackup and I am downloading right now Mondo. > > > > > > One thing puzzles me though. I can see how these programmes can from > > > the desktop so to speak create backup files , and I can see how they > > > might write to disc from desktop, but I cannot see how one restores > > > from CD still in the desktop. You are asking the system to write over > > > it's own existance, so to speak. All other restore backup programmes > > > I have ever worked with create a mini OS in memory of the basic > > > hardware and load a small graphical programme into memory as well, to > > > do the restore. > > > > > > Can someone please explain this to me. > > > > > > John > > > > Well in the case of Mondo the first CD in the set it creates is a > > bootable CD with its own mini Linux distro on it. You just boot from > > that CD and then you can restore partions,directories or the entire > > installation. Trouble with Mondo is it needs 7 CD's for my system so I > > cannot be bothered running it very often. > > > > Your post reminded me to take a closer look at drakbackup which I had not > > looked at since the 8.2beta2. Drakbackup makes an incremental backup to > > ftp, or a Directory (local or NFS) at present. It does not backup to CD, > > and it only backs up home directories, the /etc directory and other > > directories you specify. The thinking there is you can restore the other > > folders by installing again from your install CD's so you only need to > > backup the 'volatile' data. > > Drakbackup can be run from the GUI or the terminal, although I have not > > been able to get it to run in a cron job yet. > > > > derek > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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