Mathias Krause wrote: > Hi Ralf, > > >>> I've just been a little bit disappointed, about the state of the art >>> in linux music. But today, things look much better !!! Sure !) >>> >> >> Maybe you should backup your system relatively often. I'm using an >> 8GB USB stick and always have 2 TAR backups of my 64 Studio >> 3.0-beta3, to prevent against bad bad surprises, e.g. upgrades that >> might brake the system or an needed application. Often you can't >> downgrade to the version you used before. >> > this is a little bit off topic, but can you provide me with a quick > command to tar the whole system? I already managed to make some > backups of /home directory using tar, but for the whole system, things > are little bit complicated for me... > > regards, > mathias
Hi Mathias :) if you'll backup a complete Linux installation you need to do it by using another Linux installation or a Linux live CD. Using another Linux you need to mount the partition(s) of your 64 Studio installation: sudo mkdir /mnt/any_name_you_like_for_the_directory sudo mount /dev/[WANTED PARTITION] /mnt/any_name_you_like_for_the_directory If you e.g. are using an USB stick with FAT, you only can create archives up to 4 GB, you should use some kind of zip in addition, e.g.: cd /mnt/any_name_you_like_for_the_directory sudo tar czf /path/to/the/media/you/will/have/the/backup/the_name_the_archive_should_get.tar.gz [ITEMS YOU'll BACKUP OR ANY WILDCARD] Hth, Ralf _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
