-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/2009 01:04 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > On 9 May 2009 at 6:15, GMS S wrote: > > Date sent: Sat, 9 May 2009 06:15:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: GMS S <gmspro@xxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Backing up whole system > Send reply to: "Community assistance, encouragement, > and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list.redhat.com> > <mailto:fedora-list- > request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> > <mailto:fedora-list- > request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > >> What is the best and easy way to backup whole fedora 10? >> > > What kind of backup are you trying to do? > I am the current maintainer of G4L, which is a live cd, and currently buiding > using my Fedora 10 systems and use to backup my computer labs. It is > basically a bare-bones backup usng dd and various compression options to > backup disks or partition. A disk backup copies everything, so it can restore a > system to a previous stare quickly. My lab has 80GB disks with > 98/XP/Fedora 10 and it does a full backup in about 50 minutes using lzop > compression and 40 minutes to restore. lzop is about twice as fast as gzip > with my systems and only 10% larger image. > > It can be run from a boot cd, but I added it as grub option to elimanate the > need to insert the cd each time. > > title G4l > kernel /bz29.1 ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram0 > initrd /ramdisk.gz > > These just requires copying one of the kernels from the iso or dev kit, and > placing it and the ramdisk.gz file in the boot directory. > > The latest alpha version is > ftp://amd64gcc.dyndns.org/g4l-v0.30alpha57.iso > ftp://amd64gcc.dyndns.org/g4l-v0.30a57.devel.tar.gz > > But the released 0.29 is on sourceforge, but doesn't have the latest kernels. > > One final note. This backups up to an ftp server, or to external usb devices. > It is also totally free, and the dev kit has full source code. > > >> Thanks. >> Fedora 10. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor > Guam Community College Computer Center > mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.guam.net/home/mikes > Guam - Where America's Day Begins > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > > http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) > Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 > Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes > (Total Hours: 287,489) > > BOINC@HOME CREDITS > SETI 7,779,698.5080 | EINSTEIN 2,507,465.5409 | ROSETTA > 904,381.9707 > Thanks. I backup via rsync, but I'm going to use this before I upgrade to F11 so I can get back to the status quo ante should things go wrong. - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoF3JAACgkQeERILVgMyvDGIACeKplpdN/uwJlo+HCVs0aux2E/ +48AnjShFlkthb2I4+gE0PFU+lmBh1KB =bObx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
