On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 21:27:06 +0000 Ken Moffat via blfs-support <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 01:32:25AM +0530, Palash Tekam via > blfs-support wrote: > > > > I had made the BLFS on the host machine itself ( due to hardware > > limitations ) i.e. I have only one operating system which is the > > BLFS 8.4 . So mounting and ssh won't work . Can I still > > tar /mnt/lfs and will it tar up the packages of BLFS also? > > > If it is the only system, then /mnt/lfs is empty and not mounted. > > I don't think I understand your situation. > > Does your machine still have the host OS on which you built LFS and > then BLFS ? > > If you tar up a whole system, it will include all the installed > files whether they are from LFS or BLFS and whether they are in /usr > or /opt. But if you used more than one partition for the system, > things get more interesting and you probably need to tar those up > separately. > > If you do not still have the host OS, tarring up a running system is > much harder (you want to avoid /dev /proc /sys as previously > mentioned) - not something I've done after my first build many years > ago, I quickly learned that backing up, and restoring, a compelted > system is mch easier when done from another system on the same > machine. Can probably be done after thoroughly reading the man/info > pages for tar. > > ĸen Which is why I stated that it can not be done. The OP doesn't have the required knowledge to make this happen. Again replicating "The System" is best done with/using a package manager. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
