2008/9/12 François Cerbelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Le Ven 12 septembre 2008 14:04, Adrian Levi a écrit : >> I am trying to do a complete backup of a drive in a brand new laptop >> to eventually wipe and install linux. > > You dont have to use a temporary file. You can try the following : > - NewLaptop : create partitions (ie hda1 for /boot and hda2 for /) > - NewLaptop : create the filesystems on the partitions (mke2fs /dev/hda1 ; > mke2fs /dev/hda3 ) > - NewLaptop : mount the filesystems on /mnt as they will be (mount > /dev/hda2 /mnt; mkdir /mnt/boot ; mount /dev/hda1/ /mnt/boot) > - NewLaptop : run the following command to copy all the files > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "tar cjf - --exclude lost+found --exclude /proc > --exclude > /sys /" | (cd /mnt ; tar xvjf - ; mkdir proc sys) > - NewLaptop : chroot in /mnt (chroot /mnt) > - NewLaptop : mount /proc > - NewLaptop : install GRUB or LILO on the MBR (grub-install /dev/hda; > update-grub) > - NewLaptop : umount /proc > - NewLaptop : umount the filesystems (umount /mnt/boot; umount /mnt) > - NewLaptop : reboot > > It SHOULD work > > PS: The transfert might be twice compressed : one time with the tar's "j" > option and a second time by ssh
I should have mentioned that I want to make a backup of the drive with its windows partition on it before I delete / repartition / install. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
