Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:48:57PM -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
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>>>I would like to suggest using dump/restore to make the backup.
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>>>Something like:
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>>>mount /dev/hdb1 /newroot
>>>dump -0f - / | (cd /newroot; restore -xf -)
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>>>[]s
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>>why not just use Norton Ghost and ghost an image of the current drive to
>>a new drive, boot with the CentOS rescue CD, reinstall grub and you're
>>done! definitely the easiest way I can think of.
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> Possible reasons:
> 1) Not everyone has it
> 2) Not everyone has Windows
> 3) Not everyone is willing to pay for Ghost
> 4) Not everyone is willing to pay for Windows
> 5) Norton Ghost is not F/OSS
> 6) Everyone who has CentOS already has dump/restore, cpio, tar and cp
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> There real question becomes, then, why to use ghost (for this).
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> Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
because it simply works with the least amount of possibility for error.
Its a matter of using the right tool for the job. nothin more nothin less.
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Mark
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