Hi Dan, BRU (Backup and Restore Utility) and CRU (Crash Recovery Utility) from <http://www.tolisgroup.com> should do the trick. I have used BRU for a while and really like it. I have not had a chance to play with CRU even though I got it bundled with BRU.
Regards, Clifford Ilkay Dinamis Corporation 3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419 Toronto, Ontario Canada M4N 3P6 Tel: 416-410-3326 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Only 47 days to AmerOmnis 2002. Register at <http://www.AmerOmnis.com>. At 05:23 PM 2/3/02 -0500, Dan Brown wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > I've been kicking around for a while the idea of an "emergency >restore" system for e-smith/SME. The way I envision it, you'd boot >off whatever medium (boot floppy or CD), and it would automatically >(after confirmation) repartition and reformat the hard drive, and >then do a full restore from tape. I'd eventually like to see this >included as part of the installation CD as another option on the >setup menu (instead of just install/upgrade, it'd be >install/upgrade/restore), but for the time being, I think something >simpler might be in order. > > To begin, I'm thinking of creating a pair of boot disks which would >have the necessary files to get the restore going. Scripting the >restore process itself seems like it should be pretty >straightforward. I'm not sure about the partitioning, though--can >fdisk be scripted? If not, is there another way of automating that? >I've looked at kickstart, but that seems to be more related to >installation, whereas I wouldn't be "installing" anything (in the >redhat sense). > > This is still in early planning stages, so I'd appreciate any >feedback (especially including suggestions of resources, either >documentation or other software that already does something similar). -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
