Hi Dale, I am going to re-partition the whole drive and prepared to attach a temporary slave drive removed from a Windows PC. The same is also used as slave in FAT32 format but empty 1) What command shall be issued to backup the complete partition including all directories, subdirectories, files, links, etc. to the slave drive 2) After re-partition what command shall be issued to restore the partitions to their respective place 3) It is necessary to format the temporary slave drive first. Or on booting up the RH8.0 it will request/guide you to form it. Thanks in advance. Stephen Liu At 04:55 PM 2002/11/3 -0500, you wrote: >as a normal user do this: > >tar cvzf /path-to-backup-file-and name /home/your home directory > > >so, on my machine my home dir is dale and I put my backups on a seperate >partition called data. this is what the above command looks like: > >tar cvzf /data/dale.tar.gz /home/dale > > >hope this helps.. > > >On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 16:29, Bernd Kunze wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 22:08, Tobias wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > How do I copy my 'home' dir the easiest way? When I try to copy it as > root I > > > get some error msg of diffrent kinds. > > > All I wanna do is a backup of my personal files so I can make a clean > install. > > > > > > Regards > > > Tobias > > > > > My way of backing up things is to rsync it to a partition on a different > > hard disk: > > > > rsync --delete -rv /home /mnt/backup/hal > > > > Bernd > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Psyche-list mailing list > > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Psyche-list mailing list > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list >-- >http://www.winsweptrottweilers.com > >ICQ# 55846749 > >Registered Linux user #191829 > >A Cherokee Prayer: > >Oh Great Spirit, > >Help me always to speak the truth quietly, > >to listen with an open mind when others speak > >and to remember the peace that may be found in > >silence. > > > >-- >Psyche-list mailing list >Psyche-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
