Hi, I have had 3 instances now (ALL failures) whereby I tried to restored Linux Backups done with tar. Steps I took:
#Backup for Root file system:: tar cvfl /my/backup/place/root.tar / #Backup for other file systems for i in /usr /var /opt /home do tar cvfl /my/backup/place/`basename`$i.tar $i done This works fine, backing up to a 1TB Raid disk attached via SCSI. Then I switch the disk (exactly similar disk) on the host machine, boot with an install disk, "rescue" mode. I mount my partitions under /mnt, including the /sda1 drive. Utilize tar xvf to restore...all partition, root goes to hda1, /usr goes to hda6, just like the original disk. Then try to boot! Missing:: Cannot find tonnes of modules, /var/wtmp, and gets stuck completely at starting system logger! Cant go further than that. Where can i be going wrong? I thought i performed a FULL system backup by Filesystem, why should I have stuff missing then? Any help, clues, will be highly appreciated. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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