Maybe it's now solved, but just in case... I got my backup/recovery solved by:
* Making the backup file: find /directory_to_start_backup_from -xdev | grep -v "/path_not_to_backup/" | cpio -o -H crc | bzip2 -9 -k > compressed_backup_file.cpio.bz2 * Restoring backup (to current directory): bunzip2 -kc compressed_backup_file.cpio.bz2 | cpio -idmu --no-absolute-filenames * Listing files in backup file: bunzip2 -kc compressed_backup_file.cpio.bz2 | cpio -itv You can use split to write to CDROM if back_file is too big (for a 80min CD): split -b 680000000 compressed_backup_file.cpio.bz2 And getting then back is as easy as: cat file1 file2 ... fileN > compressed_backup_file.cpio.bz2 Also incremental backup is easy this way: 1) Do touch /path_to_file/date_from_last_backup when you do a backup 2) To do the incremental one just do: find /directory_to_start_backup_from -newer /path_to_file/date_from_last_backup -xdev | grep -v "/path_not_to_backup/" | cpio -o -H crc | bzip2 -9 -k > compressed_backup_file.cpio.bz2 Long commands but easy (I think ;-)) Good luck!! El vie, 13-12-2002 a las 12:49, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva escribió: > > Hi List, > > I have an idea about how 'dd' can be powerful. However I don't > know if it's able to clone my HD to another bigger size one. > > If so, how could I do it? > > If not, could someone suggest me a programme or something to clone > a HD with data and whole OS to a new one > > Many thanks in advance, > > Cheers, > > ----------------------- > Alan Wilter S. da Silva > ----------------------- > Laboratório de Física Biológica > Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho > Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ > Rio de Janeiro, Brasil > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia / \ Spain \ / |__ __| \/ ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Postales Felicita las Navidades con las postales más divertidas desde http://postales.yahoo.es
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