-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rohit khaladkar schrieb: > Thanks a lot! This helps! > The requirement that I have is I would be upgrading the server from Red Hat > 4.5 to Redhat 5.2. > But if something goes wrong , I need to have a backup plan to restore > everything back. > > Please let me know if anyone thinks, there would a better way out after > looking at the requirements. > As far as i know partimage can´t copy the bootloader in the mbr, after a restore you have to reinstall the bootloader with the recovery system or make a backup of the mbr before making the image with partimage. In order to backup only the first few bytes containing the MBR and the partition table you can use dd: dd if=/dev/hdx of=/path/to/image count=1 bs=512 to restore the mbr just start a linux live-system and enter the following command: dd if=/path/to/image of=/dev/hdx You can backup the MBR to a floppy-disk or a USB-stick, whatever you prefer. T-One -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFJeG7RXMoRx2jlGfkRAr4hAKCRtB6PTX88BX2lWcxBouK/I8KRCwCgyUWj 1cVCunTLggm9XOyRUTvh6mo= =3oGQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
