On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Ken Rossman wrote: > What should I be using to do full system dumps of a RedHat Linux system > these days? I've been blithely using 'dump', but I've only just > discovered > that this is a no-no. Other tools I've used have other problems (i.e. > in > older version of 'tar', I know that sparse files had their "holes" > filled > in with zeros, and I'm still not exactly sure what 'tar' does with > device > special files... same for any other tool). > > I want to be able to do a full restore of a working system directly from > a backup set of some kind, including all protections being put back the > way they were, device special files being properly restored, symlinks > remaining symlinks, and sparse files retaining their exact original > format (and who knows what else I'm not thinking of right now). > > Is something like gtar smart enough to do this these days? Can cpio do > it? > Am I missing a tool here? > > Thanks, > Ken Perhaps partimage will do the job for you? -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
