I think that he didn't look for backup tools, but asked what's wrong with a dumb copy, and if a dumb copy can be used instead of tools like Ghost and mindi/mondo.
Since this question bothers me too, can anybody summarize the advantages of a dedicated backup software? Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > the mindi/mondo backup program should do the trick for you.. > > http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ > > Thanks, > Hetz > > On Monday 14 October 2002 12:37, Erez Boym wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What would be the way to backup an entire system ? > > > > I have a server which I need too backup, a complete > > backup setups, *-conf, data, everything and then to > > easily rebuild the entire server back from scratch. > > > > Would it be enough to copy the entire file system on > > to DVDs, Tape etc. and then reinstall Linux and copy > > the entire file system back in or do I need a tool > > like "Ghost" ? > > > > Erez -- Eli Marmor [EMAIL PROTECTED] CTO, Founder Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. __________________________________________________________ Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 Mobile: +972-50-23-7338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
