> > tar will fail since it is not file system aware and will try to
> > backup/proc etc. Any solutions other than taking each directory
> > seperately.
> what about
> tar --exclude /proc -zcvf /

Forgot the tar file name. should have been
tar --exclude /proc -zcvf rootbackup.tar.gz /

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