Janus wrote: > On Sunday 04 November 2007 12:30, Jon Clausen wrote: > >> Does anything dictate that you *must* use the old system to do the backup? > > No. I just need a reliable backup of "everything". I prefer to do copy the > backup to the external HD. > >> Otherwise you *could* just boot the 10.3 media to a rescue system, and use >> that to mkfs, mount, and backup to the USBdisk. >> Worth a shot, no? > > Thanks. Haven't thought about that solution and I am not familiar with > "mkfs". > but I guess I get the idea: I make some backup tar files, boot SuSE Linux > 10.3 from a DVD (maybe the "live" version would be even better - maybe it has > the YaST partitioner tool?), and from here I will have access to the external > HD which I can then copy the backup tar files to. Great idea. Will give it a > try. Thanks! > >> I mean, the alternative; > (...) >> *is* going to take some time... > > Oh yes... ;-) > > Janus Plug your usb drive in. Use as root "fdisk -l"
Within the last few lines you should see the device name that your device is, if anything is detected, that is. mount this device to a mountpoint e.g. mount /dev/sdc /mnt Do your backup. If this will not work, use a CD Distribution based Linux where Knoppix is way better that Opensuse imho and do your backups from there, as has been said. If you want to change your harddisks partitioning and/or layout and/or format it's filesystems, use Knoppix, open a konsole, "sudo su" and finally "qtparted" and anything else will be dead easy. Kind regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
