Re: backup methods

2002-08-20 Thread Ole-Egil Hvitmyren
Lars Noodén wrote: I've been trying this on a running system, perhaps that's why tar doesn't work. I guess I could try the restore after booting from a floppy disk instead when using an old world macintosh. However, I'd like to avoid a boot-disk dependent method because the G4 I will eventu

Re: backup methods

2002-08-20 Thread Lars Noodén
I've been trying this on a running system, perhaps that's why tar doesn't work. I guess I could try the restore after booting from a floppy disk instead when using an old world macintosh. However, I'd like to avoid a boot-disk dependent method because the G4 I will eventually use does not hav

Re: backup methods

2002-08-19 Thread Ole-Egil Hvitmyren
Lars Noodén wrote: What is the recommended best practice for backing up and restoring an entire server - data, applications and all? I've tried tarring /, the same method I've used for data, but the machine (woody) doesn't boot after I un-tar it. I don't see why tar wouldn't work, but note

backup methods

2002-08-19 Thread Lars Noodén
What is the recommended best practice for backing up and restoring an entire server - data, applications and all? I've tried tarring /, the same method I've used for data, but the machine (woody) doesn't boot after I un-tar it. Cheers, -Lars