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> > Subject: Re: [expert] Complete system backup
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> > > I take it you're trying to tar into a file in the smb partition
way linux has them...
It'll make two copies of the whole file.
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> Best regards,
> Adrian
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> From: "Jack Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mandrake Expert List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Jack Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mandrake Expert List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Complete system backup
> I take it you're trying to tar into a file in the smb partition? M
r partitions is about as big as the smbfs limit,
> so I cannot archive all locally and split after that. No go. No example
> which suits my problem. :(
>
> Please help guys. :(
>
> Best regards,
> Adrian
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> From: "Damien&qu
example
which suits my problem. :(
Please help guys. :(
Best regards,
Adrian
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From: "Damien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Complete system backup
> I can confir
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the backup files do not fit the packages versions. So I was kinda
wondering if there is such thing as a backup where to restore the whole
system (including OS itself) you'd put the backup CD in and let it restore
"installer like". So without having to install linux first. T
I used a USB 2.0 external hard drive with rsync. Had to use rsync
because I wanted the file system on the external to be FAT32 for cross
compatibility.
If the drive were say twice as large I would have just created two
partitions and had one of each ReiserFS and FAT32. The resulting
compresse
I can confirm this kind of primitive cloning works perfectly.
All you have to do during full backup is to omit "special" directories :
- /proc
- /tmp
- /mnt
=> tar czf everything_on_hda.tar.gz --exclude /tmp --exclude /proc --exclude
/mnt /
If your source drive (hda ?) is *very* huge/full, you ca
> the backup files do not fit the packages versions. So I was kinda
> wondering if there is such thing as a backup where to restore the whole
> system (including OS itself) you'd put the backup CD in and let it restore
> "installer like". So without having to install linux first. This might
> also
Wow,
Can go with mindi/mondo (urpmi mind) would take care
of it.
Or, in my case, buy a cheapo drive $30.00 gives u 40Gb
nowadays, and
tar cf /dev/hdb/root.tar /
for i in /usr /var /opt /home /whateverfilesystem
do
tar cf /mnt/hdb/$i $i
done
So if hda dies, all u do is replace it, and boot with
Sorry if this might come up twice in the list, but
for some strange reason I sent the message yesterday and it didn't appear
yet in the list. On the other hand the message I sent today appeared in a few
mins, so I will suppose the message got lost somehow on the way and post it
again. Sorry
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