depends on how large your drive is. I am pretty sure though that if say you
hook up the source drive to /dev/hdc and the destination to /dev/hdd and
don't mount either of them you can simply issue the command:
dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hdd
that should copy the whole damn thing.. partition tables and all. And it
would copy as quickly as your drive is fast. Experiment. :-)
HTH,
- Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: Total Backup of a system (RH6.1)
> How long would this take?
> I could use removable ide trays.
> Make this a monthly thing....
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew Bradford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 2:43 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Total Backup of a system (RH6.1)
> >
> >
> > Or you could simply put the drive into another box with an
> > empty drive of
> > the same size and use dd to copy the whole damn thing. :-)
> >
> > - Matt
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ashwin Kutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Richard Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: Total Backup of a system (RH6.1)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > If you are ready to pay for it you can buy a backup
> > software, of which I
> > > recommend Arkeia..
> > >
> > > If you dont have the money and are familiar with Linux then
> > all you need
> > > to backup is all the custom config files and the home/web/user
> > > directories.. Tar em up, zip em up, ftp em to another box..
> > Re-install
> > > linux on the box if it ever croaks, and then unzip, untar
> > and replace the
> > > dirs..
> > >
> > > You could however use Ghost from Symantec or some other
> > such utility to
> > > completely image your system and keep the image somewhere
> > safe or on any
> > > other machine or even a CD.. Boot the machine when it
> > croaks and pick the
> > > image from the CD, network or the other computer (via the
> > network or by a
> > > physical data link between the linux system and the other one..)..
> > >
> > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Richard Wilson wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm new to Linux, and have inherited responsibility for a
> > Linux system.
> > > > This system is important, however the guy that set up
> > this system left
> > the
> > > > company.
> > > > Eventually I will reverse engineer it and document what
> > exactly is on
> > it.
> > > > Since we don't know what exactly is on the machine we
> > need to be able to
> > > > clone this system and bring it up to it's current state.
> > > >
> > > > What is the best method for cloning a RH 6.1 machine and
> > bringing it
> > back to
> > > > life in the quickest manner?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > ---
> > > "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its
> > > limits." - Albert Einstein
> > >
> > > Ashwin
> > > kutty..
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