I finally got to really apply the stuff you guys taught me. :) That means that my hdd on my linux server/firewall is dying and randomly gives a "Cannot find boot sector" at boot. :(
I mounted a winblows fat32 partition as smbf on my linux server in an attempt to backup my linux system there (only backup space at hand for the time). Unfortunatelly I stumbled upon the smbfs 2GB limit problem. I don't have enough local space to backup locally first. I tried using the split command but I am either too tired or too dumb, but it didn't do at all what expected. So now I am asking myself if I can somehow pass the 2GB smbfs proble (lots of space on the smbfs partition). Any chances to do that in an elegant way? I heard that I need to patch my kernel to support smbfs >2GB, but that would mean to recompile kernel and restart my server. Since it was a 30 minutes pain to convince it to start last time I cannot afford that (it might not start anymore). :( Searched the whole net for a solution on how to split the tar results on the fly as local space on server partitions is about as big as the smbfs limit, so I cannot archive all locally and split after that. No go. No example which suits my problem. :( Please help guys. :( Best regards, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:25 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Complete system backup > I can confirm this kind of primitive cloning works perfectly. > All you have to do during full backup is to omit "special" directories : > - /proc > - /tmp > - /mnt > => tar czf everything_on_hda.tar.gz --exclude /tmp --exclude /proc --exclude > /mnt / > > If your source drive (hda ?) is *very* huge/full, you can consider spliting > backup into smaller parts ( < 4Go) to manage archives more easily (and allow > network transfer of them from rescue mode in my particular case...) > > Dam > > On Tuesday 19 August 2003 22:43, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: > > Wow, > > > > Can go with mindi/mondo (urpmi mind) would take care > > of it. > > > > > > Or, in my case, buy a cheapo drive $30.00 gives u 40Gb > > nowadays, and > > tar cf /dev/hdb/root.tar / > > for i in /usr /var /opt /home /whateverfilesystem > > do > > tar cf /mnt/hdb/$i $i > > done > > > > So if hda dies, all u do is replace it, and boot with > > install disk, rescue mode, create ur new filesystems, > > and restore from backup drive only the files/directory > > into new location. > > then run lilo -r /mnt/hdb/ > > reboot with new drive. > > > > Works everytime for me. > > > > I even clone systems this way (primitive, but works!) > > Thanks > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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