I take it you're trying to tar into a file in the smb partition? Man, I love giving this answer:
then don't do that :-) cp -a /etc /mnt/winblows cp -a /var /mnt/winblows rinse and repeat until you've got all the goodies, then rebuild your other box. On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 14:05, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > 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 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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