> why backup mbr? installing grub takes less time then the backup and restore > of > the mbr. > > And dd for backups? Why wasting space? Why suffering from problems when the > new > harddisk has a different size? > Just tar up everything. > > Ok, so is this correct?
Backup with tar; 1. boot from cd 2. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot 3. cd /mnt/boot 4. tar czf /otherdisk/boot.tar.gz * 5. mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/root 6. cd /mnt/root 7. tar czf /otherdisk/root.tar.gz * Restore; 1. Boot from cd 2. fdisk /dev/sda 3. mkfs.ext /dev/sda1 4. mkswap /dev/sda2 5. mkreiserfs /dev/sda3 6. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot 7. cd /mnt/boot 8. tar xzf /otherdisk/boot.tar.gz 9. mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/root 10. cd /mnt/root 11. tar xzf /otherdisk/root.tar.gz (should i exclude anything? /proc /sys?) 12. chroot /mnt/boot 13. grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda 14. reboot
