Try partition image http://www.partimage.org/download.php3
On Monday 09 June 2003 18:49, you wrote: > Hi. > > I'm one of those guys who live on the edge (i.e. I don't back things > up), but I'll soon send my laptop away for repair (the CPU has fried the > fan bearings so they sound awful) so I'd like to do some kind of minimum > backup. > > I don't feel any need to have the system up and running quickly, should > anything fail, all I want is to save enough of the config so I can > rebuild the system if I need to. I use the machine as a workstation, so > I don't think there are many important config files outside /etc. > > If I back up all home directories, /etc, the kernel config file and > /var/cache/edb/world, would that be enough? If I had to restore, I > suppose I'd do a stage1 install, copy the old /etc stuff inte /etc and > then do > > emerge < world > > And reinstall the home directories. > > Would this give me my old system back? > > > /Rasmus Wiman > > http://rasmus.wiman.org > http://dagbok.wiman.org > > I program my home computer > Beam myself into the future -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
