i wouldn't think cpio would get me the MBR and partitioning info. The idea is to plug in a version HD, restore an "image", and be back in production.
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:26:25 +0200, Zaid Amireh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cpio > > On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 08:12:47 +0200, Aram Yegenian > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well in the true spirit of /. let's troll... > > > > pfff, i just raid-0 a couple of gmail accounts and mount /home and /etc on > > that! > > > > or in the words of Linus Torvalds... > > "Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on > > ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it." > > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Yaman Saqqa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Jordan Linux User Group Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [JoLUG-General] Ask JoLUG (as in AskSlashdot) :) > > Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:12:16 +0200 > > > > > > > > Guys, > > > > > > I have a couple of machines that have no form of redundancy > > > whatsoever. I want to make a clone of the hard drives for minimal > > > restore time in cases of emergancy. The problem with dd is that it's a > > > byte-to-byte copy so if say I had 1% utilization on an 80GB drive ... > > > shoot u get the picture. I thought of Norton Ghost, Backup was gr8 but > > > I had trouble with the restore. > > > > > > Any suggestions/experiences? > > > > > > -- > > > abulyomon > > > > > > www.KiLLTHeUPLiNK.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > > /dev/aram > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > -- > --------------------------- > http://tumbak.preempted.net > --------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > -- abulyomon www.KiLLTHeUPLiNK.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
