On 11/05 01:19 , Rob Morin wrote: > Thanks for all the info.... i really appreciate it... So i am wondering > then if its just not the best and quickest in the end to simply install > a basic system via Debian's net install ad then restore backuppc over > that? as that only takes 20 mins or so....
if you're restoring an entire system, then installing the base system and the necessary packages, then clobbering it with the restored system, seems rather redundant. if you only made a partial backup of your linux system; you ought to get a bigger backup server disk so you can afford to spend a couple hundred MB to get the system files backed up; you'll likely need them anyway to get your system working again. booting with knoppix or its equivalent, and then restoring to the bare metal, is pretty easy. try it sometime. it's a very good skill to know; not just for the sake of doing restores, but also because you can use it to clone a working system. I demonstrate this occasionally when I teach linux administration classes and a student breaks their machine thoroughly. :) > But another quick question is i have a raid mirror, does this affect > anything t a great deal? Should i be more careful with anything? if it's hardware raid, it doesn't make much difference, other than that your rescue system needs to support the device. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
