W liście z śro, 08-09-2004, godz. 04:33, András Keszei pisze:
> > Strange things can happen.
> > I had no problems with copying mail to my backup partition and
> > reinstalling MDK. I have even manually copied files from KMail to
> > Evolution (maildir format) with no problems at all.
> >
> > Nev
> Strange things can happen.
> I had no problems with copying mail to my backup partition and
> reinstalling MDK. I have even manually copied files from KMail to
> Evolution (maildir format) with no problems at all.
>
> Nevertheless it's a good advice.
I checked again, the fact that you were able
W liście z wto, 07-09-2004, godz. 05:44, András Keszei pisze:
> With copying the mail, I'd watch out.
> Here's my crash and burn story.
> Around a year ago I managed to get my wife to switch to linux from
> you-know-what, and all was fine until I decided to do a backup and
> istall Mdk10.0 from sc
On Monday 06 September 2004 22:44, AndrÃs Keszei wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 00:32, Thereidos wrote:
> > W liÅcie z pon, 06-09-2004, godz. 16:37, Marc Hultquist pisze:
> > > Does anyone know how to backup mail when using kontact as your
> > > general purpose mail client, I can see a import optio
On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 00:32, Thereidos wrote:
> W liście z pon, 06-09-2004, godz. 16:37, Marc Hultquist pisze:
> > Does anyone know how to backup mail when using kontact as your general purpose
> > mail client, I can see a import option, but as far as exporting I can't see
> > anything, and I ha
On Monday 06 September 2004 09:37, Marc Hultquist wrote:
> Does anyone know how to backup mail when using kontact as your
> general purpose mail client, I can see a import option, but as far as
> exporting I can't see anything, and I have mail that I _have_ to keep
> :\
>
> Kind Regards
There are s
W liście z pon, 06-09-2004, godz. 16:37, Marc Hultquist pisze:
> Does anyone know how to backup mail when using kontact as your general purpose
> mail client, I can see a import option, but as far as exporting I can't see
> anything, and I have mail that I _have_ to keep :\
>
> Kind Regards
Al
Does anyone know how to backup mail when using kontact as your general purpose
mail client, I can see a import option, but as far as exporting I can't see
anything, and I have mail that I _have_ to keep :\
Kind Regards
--
Marc Hultquist ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Networking Division.
Computerkit Sy
Frank wrote:
H
OK! Your choice of using Mandrake to do the actually partitioning and
formating is your only choice if you wish to have your Windows partition
survive the exercise un-disturbed. Your only other such option is to use
something like "Partition Magic". AS ALWAYS! You
Frank wrote:
Though the CD part may not apply to you, you may wish to start with what
is offered here to make a tar ball of your full system which ought to
fit within the space you have left on your windows system:
http://linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewart
Though the CD part may not apply to you, you may wish to start with what
is offered here to make a tar ball of your full system which ought to
fit within the space you have left on your windows system:
http://linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=22
I have a situation where (1) my partition table is screwed up, and (2) I
have been wanting to resize my partitions anyway... file access seems to
be working, but all the partition tools complain about errors, and
cfdisk gives a fatal error and won't even run. I'm pretty sure that
diskdrake (in
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:11:33AM -0800, David E. Fox wrote:
>
> I don't think compression in backups is such a good idea. If there are
> media problems a bad spot could hose most of the backup.
Not really true if you're using something like afio to pack up and
compress the files. The archive
> After all that, it wanted to make a compressed copy of my hda1 partition on=
> =20
> hda6. Which copy, I would then have to burn to CD, manually. This is=20
Agredd - why compress it into another partition? Is your hda1 larger
than a CD's capacity?
I have a rather large /home (5 gb partition)
> physical disaster (fire, flood, massive power spike, al-Qaeda attack,
> Avril Lavigne video) can wipe it out along with the rest. Otherwise
Your insurance carrier regards Avril Levigne videos as acts of God too
?
:)
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On Sunday 02 March 2003 00:18, robin wrote:
> Harv Nelson wrote:
> > I downloaded the eval version ... but it made me hunt up a WIN98 machine
> > with a CD burner, so I could run the ".exe" download ... just to burn the
> > ISO for me! All that, so that I could try out a linux based program to
>
Harv Nelson wrote:
I downloaded the eval version ... but it made me hunt up a WIN98 machine with
a CD burner, so I could run the ".exe" download ... just to burn the ISO for
me! All that, so that I could try out a linux based program to back up a
linux only machine (not a dual boot system). S
I downloaded the eval version ... but it made me hunt up a WIN98 machine with
a CD burner, so I could run the ".exe" download ... just to burn the ISO for
me! All that, so that I could try out a linux based program to back up a
linux only machine (not a dual boot system). Seems like the long
On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 6:05 pm, Joeb wrote:
> Anne,
>
> I'm not sure if you're the one who started this thread or not, but if
> you are looking for a way to backup an entire partition (Linux or
> Windows, Novell), you might want to check out InstantRecovery from
> NovaStor Corporation: http://www
Anne,
I'm not sure if you're the one who started this thread or not, but if
you are looking for a way to backup an entire partition (Linux or
Windows, Novell), you might want to check out InstantRecovery from
NovaStor Corporation: http://www.no-panic.com/recovery/irecover.html
It's not free, but
Terry Smith wrote:
FWIW, gentoo is an complete linux distribution that is entirely "roll
your own".
So it's the ultimate custom made OS to your equipement.
It manages software via a ports system called the portage
tree.
I don't understand this concept.
Everything is downloaded in source form
FWIW, gentoo is an complete linux distribution that is entirely "roll
your own". It manages software via a ports system called the portage
tree. Everything is downloaded in source form and must be compiled for
your machine.
As a result you have a very fast, clean system running only what you've
sp
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Friday 28 Feb 2003 5:58 pm, you wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote:
>On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 6:05 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
>>OK , I attatch the file for everone
>>
>>John
>
>John, I'm really confused by this. First, I don't understand where
Gentoo
>comes into the equation? Y
Anne Wilson wrote:
>On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 6:05 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
>
>
>>OK , I attatch the file for everone
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>
>John, I'm really confused by this. First, I don't understand where
Gentoo
>comes into the equation? You give the Gentoo url, then say download
the iso
>fr
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 6:05 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
OK , I attatch the file for everone
John
John, I'm really confused by this. First, I don't understand where Gentoo
comes into the equation? You give the Gentoo url, then say download the iso
from the partima
On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 6:05 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
> OK , I attatch the file for everone
>
> John
John, I'm really confused by this. First, I don't understand where Gentoo
comes into the equation? You give the Gentoo url, then say download the iso
from the partimage website.
On the pa
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 12:12:58AM -0600, Harv Nelson wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there some sort of backup/restore utility that I can use to make backups
> using the CD-R on my machines? CD-R's cost about a dime each these days.
> That price makes that media much more attractive than investing in a big
On Thursday 27 February 2003 19:05, John Richard Smith wrote:
>
> OK , I attatch the file for everone
>
> John
Thanks.looks clear enough:o)
HarM
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H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
On Thursday 27 February 2003 16:17, John Richard Smith wrote:
Harv Nelson wrote:
Hi
Is there some sort of backup/restore utility that I can use to make
backups using the CD-R on my machines? CD-R's cost about a dime each
these days. That price makes that media much mor
On Thursday 27 February 2003 16:17, John Richard Smith wrote:
> Harv Nelson wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >Is there some sort of backup/restore utility that I can use to make
> > backups using the CD-R on my machines? CD-R's cost about a dime each
> > these days. That price makes that media much more attracti
On Thursday 27 February 2003 07:12, Harv Nelson wrote:
> Is there some sort of backup/restore utility that I can use to make backups
> using the CD-R on my machines? CD-R's cost about a dime each these days.
> That price makes that media much more attractive than investing in a big
> tape drive an
On Wednesday 26 February 2003 09:12 pm, Harv Nelson wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there some sort of backup/restore utility that I can use to make backups
> using the CD-R on my machines? CD-R's cost about a dime each these days.
> That price makes that media much more attractive than investing in a big
> tap
Hi
Is there some sort of backup/restore utility that I can use to make backups
using the CD-R on my machines? CD-R's cost about a dime each these days.
That price makes that media much more attractive than investing in a big tape
drive and tapes..
I've got 5 machines on my little network. Ea
El Jue 09 Ene 2003 06:20, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) escribió:
> Aaron wrote:
> > The question is.
> > I want to retain my ximain evolution mail settings, ny internet settings
> > (I use a provider with a unique setup), and my mozilla bookmarks. My
> > urpmi remote directories etc.
> >
> > This is ju
Aaron wrote:
The question is.
I want to retain my ximain evolution mail settings, ny internet settings
(I use a provider with a unique setup), and my mozilla bookmarks. My
urpmi remote directories etc.
This is just a sample of what I know.
What directories, files should I backup to insure that
Thanks
Aaron
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 14:27, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 01:02, Aaron wrote:
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Does anyone know where the setting for my nic are stored.
> >
>
> You might want to save your /etc/modules.conf - that would contain the
> actual options for your NIC - a
Thanks,
Does anyone know where the setting for my nic are stored.
I want to write a script which will copy my current setting for my nic
and my adsl configuration so that I don't have to spend 2 weeks waiting
for an internet connection when I reinstall.
Thanks
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 09:06, Stephe
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 19:57, Aaron wrote:
> I am finally getting up the courage to remove my windoze directory and
> have a Lin only box.
> I want to format and reinstall Mandrake 9.0
> I originally installed from source tree and it seems that there were
> apps missing at the time.
>
> I will rein
I am finally getting up the courage to remove my windoze directory and
have a Lin only box.
I want to format and reinstall Mandrake 9.0
I originally installed from source tree and it seems that there were
apps missing at the time.
I will reinstall from the iso cd's which I now have.
The question
On Wednesday 20 Nov 2002 12:48 pm, Lee wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Any suggestions for gui backup of a small network. I'm tired of living on
> the edge.
>
> Lee
drakbackup It is in the drakxtools RPM
Performs incremental backup to ftp, ssh, CD, tape or NFS
derek
Want to buy your Pack or Serv
Hi everyone
Any suggestions for gui backup of a small network. I'm tired of living on
the edge.
Lee
--
Registered Linux user #223705
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:31:24 + robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Depends on what your backup needs are. If they're extensive, run a
> search on any Linux software site for solutions; if they're simple, just
> write a little script to do the job using tar. The simplest would just
> be to
---Original Message-
> From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:31 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] backup system
>
>
> Schwenk, Jeanie wrote:
>
> >Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use l
robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] backup system
Schwenk, Jeanie wrote:
>Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use legato on all
our
>other operating systems here but I was just informed b
Schwenk, Jeanie wrote:
>Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use legato on all our
>other operating systems here but I was just informed by our sysadmin that
>linux-mandrake is not supported. I need a backup system because my linux
>machine is now utilized by everyone in our d
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:31:14 -0700 "Schwenk, Jeanie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use legato on all our
> other operating systems here but I was just informed by our sysadmin that
> linux-mandrake is not supported. I need a backup system be
Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use legato on all our
other operating systems here but I was just informed by our sysadmin that
linux-mandrake is not supported. I need a backup system because my linux
machine is now utilized by everyone in our department and the database i
In reply to Michael's mail, d.d. Tue, 28 May 2002 11:27:42 +1200:
>That is so cool Paul :-)
>But shouldn't you enlighten us with the restore script as well please ;-)
That is So Easy!
cd /mnt/cdrom
ls
cp
Hehehehe.
I just dump files to CD, nothing special with encryption, tar.gz files and
suc
On Tue, 28 May 2002 05:17, Paul wrote:
> In reply to shane's mail, d.d. Mon, 27 May 2002 08:32:55 -0700:
> >>Hola. Is there anybody out there using drakbackup? I want to backup
> >
> >to> my standard SCSI CD writer (Matsushita 7502), but I don't know how to.
> >I> only can backup to HD.
>
> I
In reply to shane's mail, d.d. Mon, 27 May 2002 08:32:55 -0700:
>> Hola. Is there anybody out there using drakbackup? I want to backup
>to> my standard SCSI CD writer (Matsushita 7502), but I don't know how to.
>I> only can backup to HD.
I use this little script thingy to make my backups:
El Dom 10 Feb 2002 22:01, escribió:
> Hey, I was reading an article in Linux Journal and I thought about your
> problem. Evidently, this problem has already been addressed by someone
> else, and much more elegantly also. This was an article in the Dec 2001
> issue of LJ, the article was titled "
Hey, I was reading an article in Linux Journal and I thought about your
problem. Evidently, this problem has already been addressed by someone else,
and much more elegantly also. This was an article in the Dec 2001 issue of
LJ, the article was titled "Guard Against Data Loss with Mondo Rescu
thanks, using the tar with the -M switch did the job quite nicely.
Andy
On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 12:42, RichardA wrote:
> Andy, this:
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue13/floppies.html
> says this:
> ==
> Prepare as many floppies as you think you'll need by using the fdformat(8)
> command.
RichardA wrote:
> It might be five years old, but I'll bet it's still true.
> (I'm sure I've read of a command you can pipe the output of tar to, which
> will cut it into pieces of any size you want. Wish I could remember what it's
> called).
Are you thinking of "split"?
Randy Kramer
Want to
Andy, this:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue13/floppies.html
says this:
==
Prepare as many floppies as you think you'll need by using the fdformat(8)
command. You do not need to make filesystems on them however, as you will be
using them in raw mode.
If you are backing up a large set o
I could use a simple data backup do store nothing but a /data directory
in my /home/me/data. I would like to compress (tar, I guess) it on
floppies (I don't have a whole lot of data-.maybe 10 meg uncompressed)
and be prompted when to change the floppies. Is there a utility for
that?
Thanks.
And
Gidday Lyvim and Jim (and others)
I have to say thank you to you guys for answers to questions I was going to ask soon,
and
thanks to Mike for asking.
rgrds
max
> On Saturday 02 February 2002 18:28, you wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> I know how bad it can be when you're starting from ground zero. I had t
On Sunday 03 February 2002 14:20, mike wrote:
> No flame intended,
>
> > so hang on, backup (pun intended) and tell us just what you are doing and
> > why.
>
> I want to backup the system ( meaning the whole system / , and /home
> included )
> because i'm very tired of reinstalling ( no negativity
On Sunday 03 February 2002 17:48, shane wrote:
> once you get used to tar another option, if you find you haven't enough
> room for a full backup is to (after a fresh install) make the "replication"
> disk. you know where it asks if want to make an install disk that remebers
> everything you just
On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 16:31:13 -0600 mike wrote:
>What backup apps are there for LM 8.0 that actually work?
>
>Looked into Partimage but couldn't get / or /home to unmount to use .
I think you need to reboot and run linux 1 (single user mode) for that.
Paul
--
Better wade back mid water than g
On Sunday 03 February 2002 00:25, you wrote:
> Chris Keelan wrote:
> > Have a look at partimage:
> >
> > http://www.partimage.org/
> >
> > It's an open source Norton Ghost/DriveImage clone.
>
> Tried it but can't unmount / or /home to use it on LM 8.0
>
> Unless you know how ?
>
> Mike
Tar and a
Chris Keelan wrote:
>
> Have a look at partimage:
>
> http://www.partimage.org/
>
> It's an open source Norton Ghost/DriveImage clone.
>
Tried it but can't unmount / or /home to use it on LM 8.0
Unless you know how ?
Mike
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Sat, 02 Feb 2002 22:12:54 -0600: In attempt to throw the authorities off his
trail, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted:
> tek1 wrote:
> >
> > if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage:
> > http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/
>
>
> Works to restore LM 8.0 syste
On Saturday 02 February 2002 17:20, you spoke unto me thusly:
> No flame intended,
no problem, and i didn't and don't see it as flame, but one of the things i
find most often is people asking the wrong question cause they don't know
they are asking the wrong question.
asking "what can i use t
On Saturday 02 February 2002 22:16, you wrote:
Sorry. The tar -zxpvf was my mistake.
> fixed my mistake
>
> Tried it - it worked ! ;-)
>
> wrote it all down
>
> backed that up
>
> all is good in the world tonite
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike McNeese
> Springdale, Ar.
>
> -
check out the specs for the product. it says that it works on linux
partitions, so it shouldn't matter what flavor of linux you're using...
At 22:12 02/02/02 -0600, you wrote:
>tek1 wrote:
> >
> > if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage:
> > http://www.powerques
tek1 wrote:
>
> if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage:
> http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/
Works to restore LM 8.0 system
?
Mike
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if you want to make an image of your drive, try powerquest's driveimage:
http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/
At 21:16 02/02/02 -0600, you wrote:
>fixed my mistake
>
>Tried it - it worked ! ;-)
>
>wrote it all down
>
>backed that up
>
>all is good in the world tonite
>
>Thanks
>
>Mike McNeese
>
fixed my mistake
Tried it - it worked ! ;-)
wrote it all down
backed that up
all is good in the world tonite
Thanks
Mike McNeese
Springdale, Ar.
--
if obstacles are what you see on your path . . .
then you've lost sight of y
Uhhh, the 'x' argument means extract. You want 'c' for create.
At 09:50 PM 2/2/2002, you wrote:
>got errors when I tried it
>
>see attached
>
>mike[mike@linux mike]$ tar -zxpvf /backup/home_dir.tar.gz *
>tar (child): /backup/home_dir.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
>tar (child): Er
got errors when I tried it
see attached
mike
[mike@linux mike]$ tar -zxpvf /backup/home_dir.tar.gz *
tar (child): /backup/home_dir.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: bonus01.jpg: Not found in archi
On Saturday 02 February 2002 18:28, you wrote:
Mike,
I know how bad it can be when you're starting from ground zero. I had the
same problems when I had to learn IBM Dos version 2 from scratch by myself.
The syntax can be arcane and hard to understand at times. Plus, the man
pages are not or
No flame intended,
> so hang on, backup (pun intended) and tell us just what you are doing and
> why.
I want to backup the system ( meaning the whole system / , and /home
included )
because i'm very tired of reinstalling ( no negativity intended just
trying to be honest ) every time I try
mike wrote:
> What backup apps are there for LM 8.0 that actually work?
>
> Looked into Partimage but couldn't get / or /home to unmount to use .
>
> Help ?
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>
> Want to buy your Pack or Services fr
Jesse Angell wrote:
> I found a script and just eddited it and saved it.. but I can't launch
> it like I could the script before, The script simply backs up a file.. I
> get a Bad Interrepture error trying to launch it AND i notice that the
> orignal script was green on ls and this is just gre
I found a script and just eddited it and saved it..
but I can't launch it like I could the script before, The script simply backs up
a file.. I get a Bad Interrepture error trying to launch it AND i notice that
the orignal script was green on ls and this is just grey on ls.. here is the
scri
There are a couple different methods for backing up information on a
server. You can backup over smb, ftp (or nfs) to another PC on your local
network, or you can backup to a different disk on the same PC or you can
even backup to an 'offsite' location.
Of course, you didn't need to send two cop
Hi!
I have configure MySQL in my Linux Server. How can
I backup the data ... ?
I don't have any Backup-Tape Device
...
Can someone plase give me some information
?
Best Regards,
SKLIM
Hi!
I have configure MySQL in my Linux Server. How can
I backup the data ... ?
I don't have any Backup-Tape Device
...
Can someone plase give me some information
?
Best Regards,
SKLIM
> Is using a swung dash in front of the file name
> the only usual UNIX/Linux backup convention
> (using "~filename" as a backup for "filename")
There really is no convention for backup file names. Unlike DOS/Windows,
extensions do not exist as such in Unix -- the '.' is a filename character
like
Is using a swung dash in front of the file name
the only usual UNIX/Linux backup convention
(using "~filename" as a backup for "filename")
The reason i ask is i can see a possible visual
conflict here with the use of the swung dash as
home directory.
User sees
-> User misreads
I second this, having a spare hard drive in removeable bays is the way to
go
> -Original Message-
> From: poogle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 9:04 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Backup/Upgrade
>
>
> On M
On Monday 18 June 2001 19:45, you wrote:
> I hope someone can help me out. I'm thinking of upgrading from Mandrake 7.2
> to 8.0, but I've spent a LOT of time getting my 7.2 system to where I want
> it in terms of networking, file sharing, proxy server, etc. I don't want to
> lose all this for an u
Title: RE: [newbie] Backup needed
I believe ghost is a vfat environment program, not absolutely sure. If you can check into DriveCopy, the adds I have seen say it works with all windows and linux OS's. It sells for about 25 U.S. and can be used on single, multiple partitions or to cop
** Reply to message from Don Mayhew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 13 Mar 2001
10:26:36 -0800
I believe that Windows can't see an ext2 partition, but a Linux partions can
see the Windows partition. I have the same issue with OS/2 and Linux, so I
simply back up both through Linux. - Andy
If I buy the disc imaging program Ghost 6.5 and install it
on the Win2000 primary channel hard drive, will the program
be able to see my MK7.2 ext2 system on a second hard drive
set as master on the secondary IDE controller?
My goal is to get a convenient, speedy way to backup my Linux
system so
ED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: [newbie] Backup
> We see many recommendations to do a backup before getting into
> potential trouble. Easy recommendation to make and the wisdom
> of doing a regular or specific backup is obvious.
>
> It'd be interesting to
We see many recommendations to do a backup before getting into
potential trouble. Easy recommendation to make and the wisdom
of doing a regular or specific backup is obvious.
It'd be interesting to see the different ways a backup is made.
I searched the net and a tape backup seems to be the weap
On Friday 26 January 2001 20:05, you wrote:
> looking for a way to backup my entire linux system to an iso file which i
> can then transfer over my network to another machine that has a cd burner
> on it.
>
> I would really like for it to meet the following requirements:
>
> 1 - free or cheap, thi
looking for a way to backup my entire linux system to an iso file which i
can then transfer over my network to another machine that has a cd burner on
it.
I would really like for it to meet the following requirements:
1 - free or cheap, this will be used on a small home network and used to
backu
Welcome back Paul. Hope you enjoyed yourself. Sorry about your PC problems.
Wish I could help.
You advice worked. I am using tar to backup because I cannot get taper (taper
-T z : menus appear but cannot find device) or kdat (cannot find device) to
work for me!
> Just do this:
> tar cvf /d
It was Nov 3, 2000, 18:14, when Jeff Malka keyboarded:
>1) Is the correct command tor a full tape:
>
>tar cvf /dev/ht0 ortar cvf /dev/ht0 /
>Does it include the "/"?
The second one will work for you, and yes, it will also backup /
>Does this erase the previous backup on the tape or add
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> Does anyone know of a way to make a backup image of the root drive for recovery
> on tape.
I don't know if you can use dd to write an image to tape. I'm using tar
for backups.
At the end of this message is my program for backup to dat. The mybck
variable can be se
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
>
> I'm in search of a Backup Utility for my Ricoh 7040A CD-RW. Is there such a program
>for Linux?
>
> Seve
cdrecord works well with those drives. I've got one myself!
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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I'm in search of a Backup Utility for my Ricoh 7040A CD-RW. Is there such a program
for Linux?
Seve
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >Collect all the files you want to back up in a tar archive. Compress
> >this archive with gzip. Copy or transfer the resulting file to the
> >other drive.
>
> Thanks for the info. However, this doesn't sound very automated. I would
> like to be able to backup
Eric Mings wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to use a backup program to backup some files to a
> harddrive in a directory on another computer on my network. Seems to me,
> from what I have looked at, that the two main commercial backup programs
> are focused towards tape drives. Could someone t
mming')
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Subject: [newbie] Backup options
I would like to be able to use a backup program to backup some files to
a
harddrive in a directory
I would like to be able to use a backup program to backup some files to a
harddrive in a directory on another computer on my network. Seems to me,
from what I have looked at, that the two main commercial backup programs
are focused towards tape drives. Could someone tell me what my best
optio
newbies -
i am trying to backup to floppys. from experimentation and reading
documentation, i have discovered that
tar cvzMf ... ... will not work because the compression over multiple
volumes is not allowed.
snooping around i found a utility for KDE called kArchiveur.
The website says:
"kArch
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