Re: Backing up questions?
Mats <spamenot.mog.pettersson@telia.com> wrote in message news:<niSmb.35122$dP1.112663@newsc.telia.net>...[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> When one finally configurated a server with say, filesharing for
> Appletalk and samba and added users and accessprivileges, since this
> requires to recompile kernel (appletalk) and fiddeling around with a lot
> of configurationfiles is there any smart way to backup everything (from
> kernel to konfiguration files) when i feel everything works smoothly?
>
> If i get a HD-crash or some other horrible thing should happen i would
> hate spending a whole weekend reinstalling/recompiling/reconfiguring
> everything again.
>
> The most easy thing i can imagine is to tar /etc /usr /lib partitions
> for untaring on an other disk.
>
> Or is there any bootable linux distro that can "clone" a HD to another
> HD with partitions and all, maybe even regardless of the destinationdisk
> is bigger than the source disk? I know Ghost can do this but is there
> any OpenSource alternative?
>
> Any suggestions welcome!
>
> M[/color]
Take a look here for various tools:
[url]http://freshmeat.net[/url]
Re: Backing up questions?
Mats wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> If i get a HD-crash or some other horrible thing should happen i would
> hate spending a whole weekend reinstalling/recompiling/reconfiguring
> everything again.
>
> The most easy thing i can imagine is to tar /etc /usr /lib partitions
> for untaring on an other disk.[/color]
Well, tar up your running kernel's .config, System.map, and vmlinuz (by
default called bzImage in arch/i386/boot/ in the kernel source tree
after a build), and do this app by app. /lib shouldn't be necessary, as
the libraries should stay the same from app to app, and you should be
safe ignoring /usr too. /etc would be a good idea, as would /home/ (user
data). This all assumes you don't have user data outside of /home.
Burn the resulting compressed tarfile(s) to CD, and voila, your backup,
ready for untarring whenever it is i needed.
Keep in mind, this will vary from system to system.
--
Chris Shepherd
Re: Backing up questions?
On Sunday 26 October 2003 08:06 am, Mats wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> When one finally configurated a server with say, filesharing for
> Appletalk and samba and added users and accessprivileges, since this
> requires to recompile kernel (appletalk) and fiddeling around with a lot
> of configurationfiles is there any smart way to backup everything (from
> kernel to konfiguration files) when i feel everything works smoothly?
>
> If i get a HD-crash or some other horrible thing should happen i would
> hate spending a whole weekend reinstalling/recompiling/reconfiguring
> everything again.
>
> The most easy thing i can imagine is to tar /etc /usr /lib partitions
> for untaring on an other disk.
>
> Or is there any bootable linux distro that can "clone" a HD to another
> HD with partitions and all, maybe even regardless of the destinationdisk
> is bigger than the source disk? I know Ghost can do this but is there
> any OpenSource alternative?
>
> Any suggestions welcome![/color]
There's a short FAQ on GNU/Linux system backups you may find useful, at:
[url]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html[/url]
Peace.
--
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