-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Erich Titl wrote:
| Hi James | | James Neave wrote: |> Hi, |> |> Can anybody tell me how I could back up a LEAF disk over the network? |> I can get and put files to my LEAF boxes using SCP, but at the moment |> the only way to take a backup image is to put the disk in another |> machine and take an image backup. |> |> It's probably dd but I don't know how to set that up properly for the |> over sized disks I use (the standard 1640 disks) | | dd if=/dev/fd0u1680 of=/tmp/foo | scp router:/tmp/foo myarchive/foo.bin | rm /tmp/foo ...or bypass the temporary file creation (making a full sized disk image will press the RAM limits of many LEAF systems): ssh my.router.ip dd if=/dev/fd0u1680 >disk.img I personally use ssh keys (to aviod login prompts), rsync, and a script to keep weekly and monthly backups on a central server. I don't boot off the disks (I use a CD), so there's no boot-sector stuff for me to worry about. - -- Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC34MQLywbqEHdNFwRAvthAKDl++ON6b2r9vOpDdn5hOevDvifewCgwvbD kc0Z2wfVmDtqfbTzgIavoo0= =RJHe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
