Re: "I know this message..." help restore entire system THANKS
On redhat 7.2 it should be in /root named anaconda-ks.cfg I think you need to copy this over to a floppy and rename it ks.cfg. When you place the rh 7.2 install disc in and it comes up with the install menu you type in linux: something-something and it will make an install just like you had on the machine where the kickstart file came from. I will try to find the something something line, take a look at www.linuxdoc.org hth, Lewis Watson - Original Message - From: "Mr Igor Vertiletsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 3:19 PM Subject: Re: "I know this message..." help restore entire system THANKS > Thanks for all the info. > > Of course the solution of restoring to the second > drive bfore the 1st one fails is simply ingenius. > > BTW, what is kickstart config file? Could just point > me in the right direction. > > It's just that this machine is an old pentiom 100 box. > It does not do much, except firewall, router, DNS, and > other crucial functions, so I would like to be able to > restore it as quickly as possible. > > Thanks again for all the help. > > Igor. > > --- Lewis Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "John R. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mr Igor Vertiletsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:52 PM > > Subject: Re: "I know this message..." help restore > > entire system > > > > > > > >... the system is configured as amanda client and > > has only one > > > >partition / (root). ... > > > >Anyway, my question is: how do I restore the > > entire > > > >system (in case I need to rplace or rebuild hard > > > >drive)? I have recent full dumps of the server. > > > > > > Amanda does not provide "from bare metal" restore > > features. If it > > > crashes hard you'll need to get the client up > > enough (e.g. from your > > > original OS distribution materials) to get on the > > network and then you > > > can pull back the dump images and blat over the > > top of things. > > > > > > The kickstart config file works wonders when > > rebuilding. That will get the > > bare metal install then use Amanda to restore the > > data. Works for me but I > > would like to hear from others on this. > > > > hth, > > Lewis Watson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > >
Re: "I know this message..." help restore entire system
- Original Message - From: "John R. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mr Igor Vertiletsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:52 PM Subject: Re: "I know this message..." help restore entire system > >... the system is configured as amanda client and has only one > >partition / (root). ... > >Anyway, my question is: how do I restore the entire > >system (in case I need to rplace or rebuild hard > >drive)? I have recent full dumps of the server. > > Amanda does not provide "from bare metal" restore features. If it > crashes hard you'll need to get the client up enough (e.g. from your > original OS distribution materials) to get on the network and then you > can pull back the dump images and blat over the top of things. The kickstart config file works wonders when rebuilding. That will get the bare metal install then use Amanda to restore the data. Works for me but I would like to hear from others on this. hth, Lewis Watson
Hmm. Ok
- Original Message - From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lewis Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:11 PM Subject: Re: Merry Christmas and a happy New Year > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Lewis Watson wrote: > > >Yup. Has been delivered here about six times, we scan for virus' at the > >server and its not seeing anything. Nothing at sarc.com at this time... > > Regardless of whether or not it's a virus can people PLEASE stop > replying to the amanda-users-list address? The correct address to send > mail to this list is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not know why these > virus/spam emails get sent there, but when you reply please change the > header. If you send them to amanda-users-list you bypass some majordomo > aliases which insert useful headers. > > -- > Brandon D. Valentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Computer Geek, Center for Structural Biology > > "This isn't rocket science -- but it _is_ computer science." > - Terry Lambert on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hmm. Ok. The only reason I was responding here was because they came from within the list. Sorry to have inconvenienced you. Lewis Watson
Amanda and Win2k backups
I currently have amanda backing up several linux servers that I have used to restore data from using amrestore. Now that I have amanda working properly I would like it to back up my win2k machines as well. Can someone point me to or explain what is needed to make this happen. It seems I have read something about samba? but I cannot find it now. If you could reference me to a how-to or some kind of doc's that would be great! Thanks for your time. Lewis Watson
