> > > If you really want to back things up then just cpio (or tar, or > > amanda, or whatever) the entire file system less say /proc, and then > > move that entire system backup off to another system/hard > > drive/tape/etc (you could even practice a restore of this to another > > system to ensure that it all works happily and this would also give > > you a "live" backup waiting to go should things go wrong - either > > that or restore the image to another hard drive, cost of around $100 > > USD, and if stuff goes west then simply plug it in, power up and away > > you go) > > So you're saying if I tar the entire fs (minus /proc) I can somehow copy > it back? How do I do that? I don't understand how that would work unless > I were doing it remotely and not having booted the computer normally. It's better to get a new harddrive, partition that new harddrive and make filesystem (ext3 most likely) on it first. And then NFS mount and do tar the entire fs(minus /proc) to that new harddrive. After tar, install boot loader on new harddrive. You can test this backup. If things go west, just switch in this back-up, you should be fine. Jessica -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
